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GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 1,427.8 (exclusive of water); 1,473 (including water).
Population (1921). 104,173. (1924). 105,300 (estimated).
Number of inhabited houses (1921). 18,507.
Number of families or separate occupiers (1921). 27,214.
Rateable value. £2,568,117.
Sum represented by a penny rate. £10,302.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Births—
Total M. F.
Legitimate 1,369 717 652
Illegitimate 162 82 80
Deaths, 1,438. Death Rate, 13.6.
Birth Rate, 14.5.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth—from sepsis, 2;
other causes, 6.
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 births:—
Legitimate 74. Illegitimate 129. Total 78.
Deaths from Measles (all ages), 46.
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages), 3.
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age), 21.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
The following is a list of the special premises in the Borough requiring
constant supervision:—
Milk Premises
143
Cowhouses
2
Slaughterhouses
3
Offensive Trades
2
Ice Cream Premises
120
Bakehouses
67
Restaurant, Dining Room and Coffee Shop Kitchens
176
Hotel Kitchens
20
Pastrycooks and Tea Rooms
44
Fried Fish Shops
24
Fish Curers
5
Houses Let in Lodgings
1,115
Workshops and Workplaces
3,617
Total
5,338