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VITAL STATISTICS.
Population:- The Registrar-General estimate? the population
at 19,967.
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 346
births, viz., 182 males and 164 females.
The birth rale per thousand of pupulation is therefore 17.3.
Last year this rate was 13'8.
The birth rate for England and Wales for 1920 was 25'4,
and for the 148 smaller towns 24'9.
Of the above 346 births 14 were illegitimate, viz., 7
males and 7 females.
Deaths:—The total number of deaths during the year was
174, viz., 92 males and 82 females. This gives a death rate of
87 per thousand 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'o655=9'2. The corresponding figure for 1919 was 9'2.
The corrected death for England and Wales in 1920 was
12'4, and for the 148 smaller towns 11'3. The corresponding
figure for England and Wales in 19'9 was 13'8, and for the 148
smaller towns 12'6.