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5
VITAL STATISTICS.
Population The Registrar-General estimates the
'birth-rate and marriage rate population' (a figure including
all the elements contributing to the birth and marriage rates)
at 20,003. He estimates the 'death-rate population' a population
excluding all non-civilian males serving at home or
abroad) at 19,202.
The population in 1851 was 2,813; in 1901, 10,220, and
in 1911, 17,074.
The area is 2,028 statute acres; and the rateable value
£153,147.
Births:—There were registered during the year 277
births, viz., 132 males and 145 females.
The birth rate per thousand of population is therefore
13.8.
Last year this rate was 10.9, and in 1917 it was 14.9.
The birth rate for England and Wales for 1919 was
18.5, and for the 148 smaller towns 18.3.
Of the above 277 births 11 were illegitimate, viz., 5
males and 6 females.
Deaths:—The total number of deaths during the year
was 168, viz., 87 males and 81 females. This gives a death
rate of 8.7 per 1,000 of population. But this death rate is
crude in that it takes no cognisance of the relative numbers
of the sexes nor of the age distribution of the population.
Yet this is necessary for purposes of comparison with other
districts on account of the fact that the mortality among
young children and old people is higher than amongst adults
and also higher among males than females. A factor of
correction has been calculated, viz., 1.0655. The corrected
death rate is therefore 8.7 x 1.0655=9.2. The corresponding
figure for 1918 was 10.3, and for 1917, 11.
The corrected death rate for England and Wales in 1915
was 13.8, and for the 148 smaller towns 12.6. The corresponding
figure for England and Wales in 1918 was 17.6 and
for the 148 smaller towns 16.1.