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7
WARD DENSITY OF POPULATION.
The area of the Borough excluding Inland Water is 3,326
acres. The estimated population at the middle of the year
being 156,208, gives an average density of 46^9 persons per
acre.
The number of persons at the census of 1901 was 33 per
acre. The density of the population in the different Wards
varies considerably, depending chiefly on the open spaces and
undeveloped land.
Area in
acres.
Density.
Beckton and North Woolwich Ward
901
15.5
Central Ward—East
622
46.2
Central Ward—West
5J3
56.5
Manor Park Ward
784
46.8
Plashet Ward—East
283
84.7
Plashet Ward—West
223
124.8
BOROUGH
3326
46.9
BIRTHS.
The total number of births registered in the Borough
during the year was 3,455. Of these 1,756 were boys and 1,699
girls, giving a rate of only 22.1 per 1,000 of population.
The birth-rate of England and Wales for the year was
24-8 per 1,000, whilst the average rate for the 77 large towns
was 25-0 per 1,000.
The following table gives the number of births and the
birth-rate in the Borough as a whole and in each of the
Wards:—