[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council.

  • Essex County Council
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PART I. 1 ] SOCIAL cm DISTRICT. TCr . ii*. IPopt-Tation. The population of the Administrative County at the Census in 1911 was 1,061,815, and the changes between 1911 and 1919 which occurred in the boundaries of Sanitary Districts have been enumerated in previous reports. No such alterations ■ took place during 1920. The Registrar-General has again furnished separate figures !in connection with the estimated populations for the year ended 31st December, 1920, namely :— (1) For calculating birth-rates, the figure, which includes civilian and military population, is ... ... ' ... 892,995 (2) For calculating death-rates, the figure, which includes only civilian population, is ... ... ... ... £85,205 In most areas, a common population figure has been furnished, but for a few areas which contain an appreciable non-civilian population two figures were again submitted- hence the continuance of the above system. A summary of the population figures is presented in the following table, but comment is not necessary in view of the proximity of the Census for 1921 : TAE'LE I. Area in Acres. Census 1911. Population. Estimate of popula- tion, 1920. Persons per acre. Acres per person. For Birth- rate. For Death- rate. liraicuiatea on Census figures). Municipal Boroughs (5) .. +2G,516 +87,010 85,790 82,070 3-3 0.3 Urban Districts (25) 75,506 511,337 552,603 549,552 0-8 014 llnral „ (17) 802,744 258,955 254,002 253,577 0-3 3-3 904,820 857,938 892,995 885,205 0-88 11 +Kxcluding East Ham and Southend-on-Sea Boroughs which secede 1 from the Administrative County after tho Census for 1911.