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At the time of the last Census part of the Defence Force,
which was mobilised as an emergency, was in camp on
Wormwood Scrubbs.
The estimated population adopted by the RegistrarGeneral
is 134,500, but I believe this number to be below the
actual population of the Borough. Since the Census was
taken, over thirteen hundred houses have been built by the
London County Council and the Borough Council, in the
northern part of the Borough. It is probable, therefor, that
the estimate of the Registrar-General is considerably below
the actual population.
The corrected number of births registered was 2,351, whilst
the corrected number of deaths of residents was 1,608, thus
showing a natural increase of population by excess of births
over deaths of 743.
The area of the Borough is 2,282.5 acres, there being
58.9 persons to the acre, showing an increase as compared
with the previous year of 0.1 persons per acre.
Marriages.—The number of marriages registered during
the year was 1,127, the marriage rate being 17.
Births.—During the year 2,178 births were registered in
the Borough. Adding 304 births which occurred outside the
Borough, transferred by the Registrar-General as belonging
to Hammersmith, and deducting 131 births which occurred
in the Borough, and transferred to other districts by the
Registrar-General, the corrected number of births for the year
was 2,351. On the estimated population, i.e., 134,500, the
corrected number of births registered was equal to an annual
rate of 17.5 births per 1,000 persons living.
The Birth-rate for the year is 0.4 per 1,000 less than the
rate for the previous year which was 17.9.
The Birth-rate in London on the estimated population,
i.e., 4,612,000, was equal to an annual rate of 18 births
per 1,000 persons living.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.
Births registered 2,178
Corrected number of births 2,351

Total notifications received, 2,247.