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Population.
The Registrar-General's mid-year estimate for 1956 is 98,160. Last
year's estimate was 98,180. The census taken in 1951 showed the population
to be 98,581. The section of the Registrar-General's Report on the 1951
Census dealing with the usual residence and workplace of the population,
published this year, revealed that the Borough's daytime population was
141,400, compared with 98,581 night-time population, an increase of over
44 per cent.
The density of population is now 55.58 persons per acre.
During the year there was a natural increase of population of 723,
i.e. there were 723 more births than deaths.
This year's estimate of the population of the Administrative County
of London shows a further fall of 22,000, which reflects the continuation
of the flow of population from Central London.
Open Spaces.
There is in the Borough a little over half an acre of parks and open
spaces per 1,000 population.
Births.
The total number of live births registered in the Borough during the
year was 3,743, and of this number 1,998 belonged to other areas. In
addition, 164 births belonging to Stepney occurred outside the Borough,
making a total of 1,909 births (1,032 male and 877 female) to Stepney
residents.
The live birthrate is 19.44 per 1,000 of the population. The rate
when adjusted by the comparability factor is 16.91, compared with the rate
for England and wales of 15.7.
Illegitimate live births numbered 180, representing 9.4 per cent of
the total live births.
Stillbirths numbered 42, representing a rate of 21.53 per 1,000 total
births.
Marriages.
The number of marriages registered during the year was 976, being 15
more than last year. The rate of marriages per 1,000 population is 19.9,
compared with 19.5 in 1955.
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