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POPULATION.
According to the Census of 1901 the population of the
Borough was then 51,247. By the recent Census of 1911 the
population for the same area was shown to have decreased during
the 10 years to the extent of nearly 600. In this Report the rates
are based on the estimated population for the middle of the year
1913, and the figure, calculated logarithmically, amounts to
5O,454.
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 16,980;
and in the Southern Division the population is approximately
33.474.
The natural increase of population by excess of births over
deaths during the year amounted to 416, as against 446 in the
preceding year.
Number of people to the acre.—The area of the Borough
amounts to 863 acres, and this houses about 58 people to the acre.
BIRTHS
During the year 1913 there were 1,112 births, viz.—591 males
and 521 females. The birth-rate per 1,000 per annum was therefore
22.0, as against 20.4 for the preceding year. The births in
the Northern Division of the Borough numbered 215 and the
birth-rate was 12.7, while those in the Southern Division were
897, and the birth-rate was 2.8.