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The tables of vital and other statistics and infectious disease
in the appendix are made according to the requirements of the
Local Government Board and in form prescribed by them.
Population.— All the calculations are based on an estimated
population of 49,860, which is obtained by the Borough Engineer
ascertaining the number of occupied houses in each ward and
multiplying by the house factor for the respective ward obtained fiom
the official census at 1901.
As compared with last year, considerable differences will be
found in the populations of the various wards caused by the readjustment
of boundaries made under the scheme of incorporation, when
the Cottenham Park Ward was enlarged by the addition of that
portion of St. Mary's Ward, bounded by a line commencing at the
southern end of West Side and proceeding along South Side, the
centre of the High Street, Ridgway and Woodhays Road; and the
portion enclosed by a line commencing at the Railway Bridge at
Wimbledon Station proceeding along the centre of the Broadway,
Russell Road, the district boundary in Kingston Road, the centre of
Hartfield Road, was transferred from Trinity Ward to the Dundonald
Ward.
Area.— The area of the Borough is 3,173 acres and the density
of the population was 15.7 per acre.
Births.— The number of births registered was 1,185 (596 rrales,
589 females), which is 39 more than last year and equal to a birth-rate
of 23'7, being 19 below the average for the past ten years. The
corresponding rate for England and Wales for the same period is
given as 27.0 in the report of the Registrar General.
The illegitimate births numbered 53 and constituted 44 per cent,
of the total.
Deaths.— The total number of deaths registered in the district
was 584 (294 males, 290 females), equal to a death-rate of 11 7 per
thousand of the population per annum and 3 5 higher than last year,
which was the lowest on record in Wimbledon, and also England and
Wales. The average for the past ten years is 10 7.
The principle reason of this increased death-rate is due to an
epidemic of Diarrhoea, a greater number of deaths of persons aged 60
and upwards, and a larger number of deaths from Measles.