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VITAL STATISTICS.
Births.
The birth-rate for 1918 was 13.0. This rate is calculated on a
population estimated by the Registrar-General, and is based on the
assumption that the ratio between total and civilian population is
the same in the district as in England and Wales as a whole. With
a view to approximation to the population amongst which the
births have occurred the total population of England and Wales has
for this purpose been calculated by adding to the published estimate
for 1914 the natural increase up to the middle of the year 1917.
The population estimated is 72,247.
The births registered numbered 942, consisting of 499 males
and 443 females.
Illegitimate Births.—The illegitimate births numbered 66
which give an illegitimate birth-rate of .91 per 1,000 of population
and a percentage of 7.0 of the total births.
Deaths.
The population in the middle of 1918 estimated by the Registrar
General was 64,480. This population is less by 304 than
that estimated by the Food Executive Officer of the Borough from
the number of Ration-books issued in July, 1918. On the population
estimated by the Registrar General the death-rate was 13.6.