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POPULATION.
At the middle of 1910 the population of St. Marylebone, estimated by the
Registrar-General's method, was 125,195, the population of the Sub-registration
districts being:—
1909.
1910.
All Souls
33,460
33,239
St. Mary
35,878
35,641
Christ Church
37.379
37,133
St. John
19,310
19,182
126,027
125,195
The estimated decrease since 1909, when the population was estimated at
126,027, is 832, and the decrease since the census 8,106.
Whether or not this decrease has actually taken place will be determined in
1911, the report for which year will be based upon an enumerated, not an
estimated, population. If the population is decreasing annually by something
like 1,000, the main reason is that offered in the report for 1909, viz.:—
emigration of persons tempted by improved means of transit to remove to the
suburbs, or displaced by the demolition of small houses which are being replaced
by flats.
BIRTHS.
(a) Registration. The number of births registered during 1910 was 2,556,*
being 22 above the number for 1909. Male births numbered 1,283, and female
1,273. The birth rate per 1,000 was 20.4. The accompanying table compares
the rates in the several registration sub-districts with those of 1909:—
1909. 1910.
All Souls 20.1 21.5
St. Mary 13.9 12.1
Christ Church 27.8 27.3
St. John 16.4 20.4
The rate for the Borough in 1909 was 20.0 per 1,000, and though there is a
slight increase for 1910, the rate is still below that of the average of the previous
10 years, viz.: 21.2. In the district of All Souls it may be noted that in 1910 as
in 1909 the rate has increased. In Christchurch, which showed an increase of
3 per 1,000 in 1908, there is a further decrease of.
*This figure is exclusive of births occurring in the Borough to persons usually non-resident therein.