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The average number of persons per inhabited house was 4.3
at the census of 1911.
Taking into consideration the rates given below, it is possible
that the estimate of the population is somewhat lower than the real
figure.
Births.
Nett number 782
Rate per thousand 24.4
Seven hundred and seventy-two births were registered as
occurring in the district and ten were transferred from outside.
This is the highest number that has been registered since 1906,
and, despite the increase of the population, the birth rate shows a
slight tendency to recovery, being one per thousand above that of
the preceding year.
Of the nett births 364 were males and 418 were females.
Deaths.
Nett number 406
Rate per thousand 12.68
The death rate was 1.68 per thousand above the rate for 1913.
The number of deaths of persons said to have their fixed or
usual residence in Twickenham, but who died outside the district,
was 107, and these have to be added to those registered in the
district. This is an unusual number, being twenty-seven more
than in the preceding year and almost double the average number
for the preceding nine years. The transfer of these deaths by the
Registrar General to the district to which they are supposed to
belong has become keener during recent years, while the increasing
number may also be accounted for by an increasing tendency on
the part of the public to go to Hospitals and nursing homes for
more serious illnesses, especially those of a surgical character.