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Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births. 44.05
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 43.41
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live
births 76.92
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 0
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 0
Deaths from Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) 2
POPULATION.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the population at the
middle of 1935 was 62,180, which is an increase of 2,183 over the
estimate for 1934. This is taken as the population of the Borough
for the purposes of this Report.
The natural increase of the population by excess of births over
deaths was 120, as compared with 44 in 1934.
The population for the past 5 years has been as follows :—
1931 55,570
1932 57,250
1933 58,820
1934 59,997
1935 62,180
As the birth-rate has fallen from 11.68 to 10.95 during that
period, with a more or less stationary death-rate, it will be obvious
that the increase of population is almost entirely due to immigration.
The last census return showed Southgate to have a comparatively
small child population, and there is no evidence which
would lead one to believe that this position is tending towards
alteration.
BIRTHS—BIRTH RATE.
The nett total births accredited to the district was 681, an
increase of 41 on the preceding year; of these, 361 were males and
320 females (9 males and 4 females being illegitimate). The birthrate
was, therefore, 10.95 per 1,000 of the population, as against
10.66 in 1934.
The birth-rate for England and Wales for 1935 was 14.7.
The total number of births actually registered in the district
during the year amounted to 533.
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