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9
Population.
At the Census of 1931 the population of the Borough was
37,791 while the Registrar General's estimate of the population at
the middle of 1932 was 37,640.
On the addition of part of Ham on April 1st, 1933, the added
population was given as 1,479 and I should estimate the population
of the combined district at the middle of the year to be not less
than 40,000.
The Registrar General's estimate for the whole Borough at
the middle of 1933 is 38,776 but he states "adjustment requires to
be made in the above-mentioned population to make allowance for
the change of area and the following adjusted figure should accordingly
be used for the calculation of Birth and Death Rates for the
year 1933:—38,380."This is, in my opinion, a low figure and consequently
the Birth and Death rates will be shown higher than
they actually are.
Births.
There were 418 births during the year(210 males and 208
females). This gives a birth rate of 10.9 per 1,000 of the
population as compared with a rate of 14.4 in England and Wales
and 13.2 in London.
There were 14 still births registered giving a rate of 0.39 per
1,000 of the population, as compared with 0'62 in England and
Wales and 0.45 in London.
Deaths.
The number of deaths registered during the year was 500 (221
males and 279 females). In the list of deaths supplied weekly by
the local Registrar there were 191 deaths of persons usually
residing outside the Borough. These are not included in my
statistics but are dealt with in the districts concerned.
On the other hand 95 persons who normally resided in the
Borough died elsewhere and are included in the total deaths.