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Summary of Statistics, 1922.
1. General.
Area of Borough.
(Including land and inland water) acres 2,163
(Excluding water) acres 2,139.9
Population—
(Census, 1921) 167,739
(Registrar-General's estimate, mid-year, 1922) 169,200
Structurally separate occupied dwellings (Census,
1921) 27,191
Rateable value £1,035,723
Sum represented by a penny rate £4,269
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Births—
(Males, 1,900; females, 1,765) 3,665
Legitimate Births 3,537
Illegitimate Births 128
Birth-rate 21.6
Deaths—
(Males, 1,131; females, 1,096) 2,227
Death-rate 13.2
Number of women dying in or in consequence of
childbirth:—
From sepsis 3
Other causes 6
Death rate of Infants under 1 year per 1,000 69.3
births—
Legitimate 65.0
Illegitimate 179-7
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 66
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) 22
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 18
Census, 1911—
Population 167,743
Number of inhabited houses 24,321