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Population.
Of the 643 deaths occurring in the district during the year.
537 were amongst occupants of Estate houses. Of these 418
were persons under 45. This would give an Estate population
of 68,000 under the age of 45.
Among persons over 45 the deaths numbered only 119,
indicating that this age group was only 1/8 represented, comprising
a population of 3,500. The total estate population would
then be 71,500. The Estate houses at mid-year 1929 numbered
14,530, with an average of occupants per house being 4.92. To
this Estate population must be added the residents in the older
houses of the district and also of the newly ercctcd buildings.
The total population for the district is therefore approximately
85,000 and is divided into the following age groups:—
Ages.
0/1 2,350
1/5 9,400
5/14 23,800
15/44 41,150
45 and up 8,550
The under 15 population is 36,550. This age-group in
a normally distributed population of 85,000 would comprise
some 21,000 persons.
Births.

The birth rate per 1,000 of population was thus 30.6 compared
with 16.3 for England and Wales. The fertility rate
for females 25 to 45 is 127 compared with 106 for England
and Wales fur 1927 for the same ages.