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GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 1427'8 (exclusive of water) ; 1473 (including water).
Population (1921). 104,173.
Number of inhabited houses (1921). 18,507.
Number of families or separate occupiers (1921). 27,214.
Rateable value.£2,483,780.
Sum represented by a penny rate. £lO,349.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Births— Total M. F.
Legitimate . 1,516 780 736 Birth Rate 15 8.
Illegitimate 152 85 67
Deaths, 1,235. Death Rate 11.7.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of childbirth—from sepsis, 1 ;
other causes, 6.
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 births :—
Legitimate 60.0 Illegitimate 131.7 Total 66.0.
Deaths from Measles (all ages), Nil.
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages), 16.
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age), 15.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
The following is a list of the special premises in the Borough requiring constant
supervision:—
Milk Premises 139
Cowhouses 2
Slaughterhouses 3
Offensive Trades 2
Ice Cream Premises 129
Bakehouses 68
Restaurant, Dining Room and Coffee Shop Kitchens 172
Hotel Kitchens 20
Pastrycooks and Tea Rooms 40
Fried Fish Shops 24
Fish Curers 5
Houses Let in Lodgings 1,115
Workshops and Workplaces 3,576
Total 5,295
Smoke Nuisances.
Number of Observations 817 Number of Nuisances and
Complaints 8
Number of Notices 8 Number of Summonses Nil