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SUMMARY OF REPORT FOR 1907.
Area 3,355 acres, including inland water.
Soil and situation:—The subsoil is sand and gravel, except in the
south of the Borough where it consists of alluvium, overlying
the London clay. The altitude is not great, the highest point
above ordnance datum being about 50 feet, while the valley
of the Roding in the east, and some parts of the south of
the Borough are marshy.
Population.—Census 1901, 96,018. Population per acre, 33.
Population estimated June, 1907, 136,421. Population per acre,
41.
Number of Inhabited Houses.—Census 1901, 16,681. No. per
house, 575.
Births 3,690. Birth rate, 27.0.
Deaths 1,504. Death rate, 11.0.
Excess of Births over Deaths 2,186.
Zymotic Death Rate, 1.77.
Infantile Mortality, 105 per 1,000 Births.
Water Supply, Metropolitan Water Board (East London District).
Total Rainfall, 20.03 inches.