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GENERAL
Population of the Borough Midsummer 1940
(Registrar General's estimate) 117,380
Number of inhabited houses at the end
of 1940, according to the Rate Books
(approximate) 33, 607
Rateable value at the 31st December, 1940 £1,414,695
Sum represented by the product of a
penny rate £5 ,400
Rainfall,1940.
By courtesy of Mr. R.M. Eadie on behalf of
the British Rainfall Organisation, the rainfall
for the year was recorded as 24.81 inches.
Marriages.
In Churches, Chapels and Synagogues 1095
At Registry Office, one or both
parties being resident in the
Borough 442
Total 1537
Deaths.
Male. Female. Total.
573 586 1159
Death Rate per 1000 estimated population:-
Crude Rate 9.87
Adjusted by Area Comparability
Factor of Registrar General
(1.28) 12.63
Death Rate for England and Wales
1940 14.3
2.