[Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1917
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Credit: [Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    POPULATION. THE POPULATION of the Borough as estimated by the Registrar General for the year 1917, is 57,591 for calculation of the death rate, and 64,198 for calculation of the birth rate. At the census of 1911, the total population was 58,816, and the number of families or separate occupiers was 12,783, which gave an average of 4'5 persons per family or occupier. Ihe following table shows the distribution and density of population calculated upon the estimated figure 64,198. Distribution and Density of Population. Wards. Population estimated to 30th June, 1917. Area in Acres. Persons to the Acre. Central ... Collingwood Dockwray Linskill ... Milbourn Percy ... ... Preston ... Rudyerd ... Trinity ... 5456 8483 7111 9717 6121 6917 6403 5929 8081 30 2299 82 314 114 762 564 41 82 18P8 3-6 86-7 30-9 53-7 9-1 11*3 144-6 98-3 Borough of Tynemouth 64198 *4288 14-9 Exclusive of 2 acres in Percy Ward, 81 in Collingwood Ward, and 1 in Preston Ward, which are covered by water. BIRTHS. The number of births registered during the year was 1,441, of which 1,353 were legitimate and 88 illegitimate. The transferable births were :— Legitimate Illegitimate Inward Births. / Male 2 l Female 3 f Male — i Female — Outward Births. (Workhouse). 1 3 8 Outward Births. (Private residences or Nursing HomesJ. 7 11 It is necessary, therefore, to add 5 inward transfers, and, to deduct 30 outward transfers from the total births in order to arrive at the actual number to be credited to Tynemouth. This will give a nett total of 1,416