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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
General Statistics, 1927.
Area 2,282.5 acres.
Population (1927) (estimated) 132,800
Population Census (1901) 112,239
(1911) 121,521
(1921) 130,287
Natural increase, i.e., excess of births
over deaths 348
Density of population 58.2 persons
per acre
Marriages registered 1,161
Number of inhabited houses (1921) 17,402
Number of families or separate occupiers
(1921) 33,263
Rateable value (1927) £1,059,446
Sum represented by a penny rate, 1927 £4,414
Vital Statistics.
Births (legitimate) 1,948
,, (illegitimate) 128
Deaths (corrected) 1,728
Number of women dying in, or in consequence
of childbirth
birth rate 15.0
death rate 13.0
from sepsis 3
from other causes 4
Deaths of infants under one year of
age per 1,000 births 61
Legitimate, 54 Illegitimate, 172
Deaths from measles (all ages) 2
Deaths from Whooping cough (all ages) 4
Deaths from diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 28
Population.—According to the Census of 1901, the population
of the Borough was then 112,239. By the Census of
1911 the population was 121,521 showing an increase during
the 10 years of 9,282. The Census of 1921 shows the population
of the Borough to be 130,287, being an increase in the
10 years of 8,766.
In this report the rates are calculated on the estimated
population up to the middle of the year.