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GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 1,427.8 (exclusive of water); 1,473 (including water).
Population (1921). 104,173. (1931) 97,620. (Estimated 1934) 92,320.
Number of inhabited houses (1921), 18,507 ; (1931), 17,575.
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1934) according to Rate Books, 17,613.
Number of families or separate occupiers (1931), 27,352.
Rateable value. £3,208,603.
Sum represented by a penny rate. £12,635.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Births—
Total M. F.
Legitimarte 744 381 363
Illegitimate 89 46 43 Birth Rate, 9.00
Still Births, 30. Rate per 1,000 total births, 36.
Deaths, 1,171. Death Rate, 12.6.
Percentage of total deaths of residents occurring in public institutions, 12'7.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth—from sepsis, 3;
other causes, 1.
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births :—
Legitimate 48. Illegitimate 169. Total 61.
Deaths from Measles (all ages), 11.
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages), 5.
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age), 12.
POPULATION.
The population estimated to the middle of 1934 by the Registrar-General is
shown below and is that used in calculating the various rates given in this report.
For information the estimated population of each of the Wards is also set out and
for comparison the figures for 1934 and the Census of 1931.
Year. The Borough. All Souls. St. Mary, Christ Church. St. John.
Census 1931 97,620 22,380 25,667 29,636 19,937
Estimated to middle of 1931 93,460 21,422 24,575 28,375 19,088
,, 1934 92,320 21,188 24,309 27,999 18,824