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7
POPULATION.
According to the Census of 1901 the population of the Borough
was then 51,247. At the previous Census of 1891 the population for
the same area was 47,988, so that the population had increased
during the 10 years to the extent of 3,259. In this Report the
rates are based on the estimated population for the middle of the
year 1910, and the figure, calculated logarithmically from the increase
between 1891 and 1901, amounts to 54,458. I believe this to be an
over-estimation of the population, having regard to the fact that the
number of occupied houses in the Borough in the middle of 1910
amounted to only about 7,816, and the number of occupants to each
house averaged only 6.6 at the last Census. It is, however, upon
the above figure, obtained by the official method, that the various rates
dealt with in this report are calculated; although my estimate of the
population, based on the number of occupied houses, is some 2,000
lower.
The estimated population for each of the Sub-districts is as
follows:—
The Northern Division of the Borough (lying North of the middle
line of Church Street) has a population of about 20,000 ; and in the
Southern Division the population is about 34,458.
The natural increase of population by excess of births over
deaths during the year amounted to 355, as against' 394 in the preceding
year.
Number of people to the acre.—The area of the Borough
amounts to 863 acres, and this, divided among the residents,
represent 63 people to the acre.
Births—Birth-rate.—During the year 1910 there were 953
births registered in the Borough, viz.—476 males and 477 females.
The birth-rate per 1,000 per annum was therefore 17.5 as against
18.3 for the preceding year. The births in the Northern Division
of the Borough numbered 196 and the birth-rate was about 9.8,