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VITAL STATISTICS.
Area. The area of the Borough is 3,048 acres.
Population. The Registrar-General's estimate of the resident
population for the mid-year 1940 is 27,410, and the vital statistics in
this report are based on that figure. A, decrease of 3,780 is shown over
the figure for 1939,. when the population for that year was estimated
at 31,190.
The war-time population shows a considerable decrease as a
result of voluntary evacuation.
This is more noticeable in the southern area, many houses being
occupied by the Services and some remaining empty.
In 1915 there were 3,389 occupied houses, with an average of 4.0
persons per house.
In 1940 there were 9,417 occupied houses, distributed as
follows: —
Beddington: —
North Ward 2421
Central Ward 1402
South Ward 1659
5482
Wallington: —
North Ward 1517
Central Ward 1498
South Ward 920
3935
Total 9417
The average number of persons per house was 2.9.
Births. (a) Live Births.—The Registrar-General returns the
number of births registered during 1940 as 344, of which 197 were
males and 147 were females. This gives a live birth rate of 12.55 per
1,000 total population, compared with 12.63 in 1939 and 14.6 for
England and Wales. Eleven of the births were illegitimate, 7 males
and 4 females.
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