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Annual Report on the Health
OF THE
Bromley Rural Sanitary District
in 1898.
Census 1881.
No. of Acres 31751
Inhabited Houses 3901
Population 20760
Census 1891.
No. of Acres 33129
Inhabited Houses 5025
Population 26852
The Population of the Bromley Rural District was estimated,
by the method adopted by the Registrar-General, to be 31,513 at the
middle of 1898, showing an increase of 687 since the middle of 1897.
Six hundred and eighty-eight births were registered, which
included 345 of males and 343 of females, and giving a Birth-rate
of 21.8 per 1,000 of population, as against 25.1 in 1897, and 24.4 in
1896.
The registered deaths amounted to 401, consisting of 211 of
males and 190 females, and including 10 deaths occurring outside
the District among persons belonging thereto. Thirty-four deaths
occurred in the District among non-residents.
The Death-rate was 11.6 per 1,000 of population, as against
12.5 in the previous year and 11.4 in 1896.