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SUMMARY OF REPORT FOR 1925.
Area of Borough, 2,694 acres. Area of various open spaces, 501 acres.
Soil and Situation.—Practically the whole of the Borough is situated on London
clay. There are a few superficial deposits of gravel in the south, and lower Bagshot sands in
the extreme north.
The Borough is about four miles long, extending from near Oxford Street in the
south to Highgate in the north, and averages about a mile in width.
Population (1921 Census), 211,366. Population (1925) Civilian, 215,900. Total, 216,300.
Number of persons per acre, 80. Number of inhabited houses (1921 Census), 24,660.
Births.
Males, 1,989; females, 1891. Total, 3,889.
Legitimate births, 3,637; illegitimate births, 243.
Birth.rate, 17.9 per 1,000 of population.
Excess of births over deaths, 1,135.
Deaths.
Males, 1,452; females, 1,293. Total, 2,745.
Death.rate, 12.7 per 1,000 of population.
Infantile Mortality Rate.
Legitimate, 69; illegitimate, 119. Total, 72 per 1,000 births.
Maternal Mortality. (Deaths of women from causes associated with child.birth.)
From Sepsis, 4; from other causes, 7. Total, 11.
Maternal death.rate, 2.8 per 1,000 births.
Tuberculosis.
(Pulmonary). Deaths 180; death.rate 0.8 per 1,000 of population.
(All forms). Deaths, 231; death.rate, 1.1 per 1,000 of population.
Notifiable Diseases.
4,502 notifications of cases of infectious diseases (including Measles and German
Measles) were received during the year, this number being no less than 2,715
below that of the previous year.
Rateable value, £1,835,804. Sum produced by a penny rate, £7,602.
Total rainfall, 24'91 inches.