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Allowing 5.37 persons to each house, as
at the census of 1901, this gives a population of
51,315 There were 301 more inhabited houses
than in June, 1904, and 1,616 more inhabitants.
Births. The births registered were:—
Males, 713; females, 644: total, 1357-giving a
birth-rate of 26.44 per 1,000.
Deaths. The deaths registered were 532,
namely, 276 males and 256 females, giving an
excess of births over deaths of 825. To the
number of deaths must be added 50 others which
were deaths of residents of this district occurring
in hospitals and other institutions outside, and
from it must be taken 12 deaths of outsiders
which occurred in the Isolation Hospital, or a
nett addition of 38. This makes the total number
570, and gives a death-rate of 11.1 per 1,000.
This needs some correction, however, so as
to be comparable with that of other districts.
The figure 11.1 has to be multiplied by 1.05198,
a factor which has been calculated by Dr. Young,
the County Medical Officer of Health, allowing
for the special average age of the inhabitants of
this district, and the proportion of males and
females. This gives the Corrected Death-rate
11-67.
The death-rate for England and Wales is
16.2, for London 16.1, and for the 76 great towns,
17.2 so that we compare very favourably with
all these.
Analysing the ages at death there were
159 under 1 year of age—81 males & 78 females,