[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Scarborough Borough.

Scarborough (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1905

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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Scarborough Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Borough of Scarborough. annual report. VITAL STATISTICS POPULATION. The resident population estimated to the middle of the year, forming the basis of the vital statistics, is in round numbers 40,180, shewing an increase of 480 on that of 1904. The “natural increase,” or excess of births over deaths, is 299. This estimation assumes that the population increases like a sum of money at com¬ pound interest; the Census population representing the sum, and the annual rate of increase in the previous inter-censal period, the interest. While the rate of increase of the whole Town probably conforms closely to this rule, the various Ward populations shew a wide departure from it. The Central and East Wards are incapable of further expansion, and the other Wards increase at different rates. Each Ward population is estimated as follows :—To the number of houses in the Ward, as ascertained from the Census, is added the number since certified by the Surveyor. This total is multiplied by the ratio of persons per house, which the Census returns also furnish, and the result gives the population.