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POPULATION.
The Registrar General's estimate of the population of the Borough
at the middle of 1901 was 206,219.
The Ward Distribution was as follows:—
TABLE 6.
WARD.
Area in Acres
Population.
Total.
Persons to
the Acre.
St. Mary
126
Males
11,071
21,695
172
Females
10,624
St. Paul
129
Males
10,337
21,015
163
Females
10,678
St. Peter
90
Males
9,285
19,107
212
Females
9,822
St. John
85
Males
10,896
22,123
260
Females
11,227
Trinity
108
Males
9,310
17,835
165
Females
8,525
All Saints
89
Males
9,859
20,112
226
Females
10,253
St. Michael
90
Males
12,714
24,853
276
Females
12,139
St. Jude
97
Males
7,084
15,011
154
Females
7,927
St. George
97
Males
10,536
21,143
218
Females
10,607
Christchurch.
93
Males
6,311
11,266
121
Females
4,955
St. Saviour
161
Males
5,879
12,059
74
Females
6,180
BIRTHS.
The number of Births registered in the Borough during 1901, was
6,875, of which 3,478 were males, and 3,397 females. This represents a
birth-rate of 33.3 per 1.000 inhabitants.
The accompanying table shows that the births in the two larger
parishes for some years have been steadily declining in numbers.