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Vital Statistics.
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POPULATION.
The population at the census of 1901 was 17,900, and had
increased at the census of 1911 to 30,377. The population of the
district is now estimated at 32,000.
The number of inhabited houses at the 1901 census was 3,403,
and gave an inhabited house rate of 5.2.
The number of inhabited houses now is 7,547, giving an inhabited
house rate of 4.24.
The natural increase of population or the excess of the number
of births over deaths for 1912 is 409.
The area of the district is 2,517 acres, exclusive of that area
covered by water.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered during the year is 700, being
a decrease of 31 compared with last year, and an increase of 27 on
the average for the last 5 years.
The birth rate is 21.8 per 1,000 of the estimated population.
Last year it was 23.7 per 1,000 of the population.
Illegitimacy.
Of the 700 births registered, 30 were illegitimate, or 4.2 per
cent.
The death rate amongst illegitimate children amounts to 133
for every 1,000 born.
The birth rate for England and Wales for 1912 - 23.8
,, ,, London ,, ,, - 24.7