[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Devonport County Borough.

  • Devonport (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1911
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Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Devonport County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vital Statistics. Summary. Population, (Census iqit) ... ... ... ... 81,694 Population estimated by Registrar General, (revised after Census) ... ... ... ... ... 81,975 Area (in Acres) ... ... ... ... ... ... 3,152 Density of Population, i.e., the number of persons per acre ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 25.72 Number of Inhabited Houses in the Borough ... 10,231 Number of Houses built during the year ... ... 107 Rateable Value ... ... ... ... ... ... £346,649 Borough Rate, including Education Rate ... ... 2/2 Street Rate ... ... ... ... ... ... 27- General District Rate ... ... ... ... ... 1/1 Poor Rate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... nd. Births 2,032 Birth Rate per 1,000 living ... ... ... ... 24.7 Deaths ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,141 Death Rate per 1,000 living ... ... ... ... 13.9 Average for 10 years ... ... ... ... ... 13.6 Excess of Births over Deaths ... ... ... ... 891 Death Rate from seven principal Zymotic Diseases 2.72 Infantile Mortality or Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 Births ... ... ... ... ... 116.9 Population. In April, 1911, the Census was taken and revealed the fact that the population had been overestimated, the error amounting to 4,605. The population as corrected was 81,694, or 4,605 less than the Registrar General’s figures. Estimated to the middle of the year it was 81,975, and upon this estimate the rates in this report are calculated. The Ward population is : — St. Aubyn ... 22,514 or 1,582 less than the 1901 Census. Stoke ... 33,895 or 3,488 more Tamar ... 25,281 or 9,351 It will thus be seen that while Stoke Ward has increased from 24,407 in 1901 to 33,895 in 1911, there has been an actual decrease of 1,582 in St. Aubyn Ward during these periods,