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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 1914, and the figure, calculated logarithmically, amounts to
50,454.
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 408, as against 416 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 1914 there were 1,029 births, viz.—524 males
and 505 females. The birth-rate per 1,000 per annum was therefore
20.4, as against 22.0 for the preceding year. The births in
the Northern Division of the Borough numbered 193, and the
birth-rate was 11.4; while those in the Southern Division were
836, and the birth-rate was 24.9.