[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT, 1929. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. The population of the Borough at the census of 1921, taken on 19th June, was 63,770, and on 30th June, 1929, the population, as estimated by the Registrar General, was 65,880. The estimate for this year, as given by the Registrar General, shows a decrease of 150, as compared with the estimate given for the previous year. This will have a marked effect on the birth and death rates and will have the effect of increasing the death rate as compared with past years. As the next Census is approached, the uncertainty of a correct estimate becomes greater. Since the year 1927, the Registrar General has decreased the estimated population, so that it will be extremely difficult to draw correct conclusions based upon the estimated population for the year 1929. If a quinquennial census is taken in the future, it will be possible to compare the figures of one intercensal period with another with much greater accuracy. The natural increase of population, or the excess of the number of births over deaths, during 1929, was 342. The number of families, or separate occupiers, at the 1921 census, was 13,774, and the average number of persons per family was 4.37. In 1929 the number of families, or separate occupiers, was 15,536. The distribution and density of population are shown in the following table:— Distribution and Density of Population. Ward. Population estimated to 30th June, ] 920. Area in .Acres. Persons to the Acre. Central .. 53 JO 30 177-0 Collingwood 8545 2299 3-7 Dockwrav 8247 82 100-5 Linskill ... 9303 314 29-6 Milbourn 6131 114 .53-8 Percy 7788 762 10-2 Preston ... 6924 564 12-2 Pudyerd... 5937 41 144-8 trinity ... 7695 82 9:T8 Countv Borough of Tynemouth 65880 M288 15-3 * Exclusive of 2 acres in Percy Ward, 81 in Collingwood Ward, and 1 in Preston Ward, Avhich are covered bv winter. The rateable value of the Borough is £334,266, and the sum represented by a penny rate is estimated to be £1,299.