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POPULATION.
In the middle of 1897 the number of inhabited houses
was 5,272; allowing as usual six persons for every occupied house,
the population is 31,632, an estimated increase of 2,178 compared
with 1896.
The following table shows the number of the population
and the inhabited houses at the four preceeding censuses.
Year. Inhabited Houses. Population.
1861. 610 3,151
1871. 1,568 8,306
1881. 2,844 17,110
1891. 4,084 24,207
BIRTHS.
The total number registered was 973 (510 boys and 463 girls.)
The birth rate is 307 per thousand persons living.
The following table shows the births since 1890.
Year. Number of Births.
1890. 704
1891. 772
1892. 763
1893. 831
1894. 834
1895. 874
1896. 894
1897. 973
Birth Rate for London 30.0 per 1,000 persons living.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered was 503, this includes
33 residents of Acton who died in Public Institutions outside
the parish.
The annual death rate calculated on a population of 31,632
was 15.9 per thousand, as against 15.7 in 1896.
The average Death Rate for London was 18.2.