[Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough.

  • Portsmouth (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1902
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Credit: [Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE I. Table showing the Population, Marriages, Inhabited Houses, Births and Deaths, for the year 1902, and the ten preceding years. GEOSS NUMBEES. No. of Total Number of Deaths Year *Estitt'ated Population Inhabited Houses Marriages Registered Births Total, all ages Under I year Under 5 years 1902 191,909 38,967 1,772 5,584 3,269 800 1,153 1901 188,855 37,983 1,766 5,267 3,367 858 1,199 1900 185,725 38,007 1,711 4,995 3,359 771 1,123 1899 182,576 35,851 1,719 5,000 3,737 986 1,419 1898 179,500 34,967 1,684 4,971 3,048 681 1,036 1897 176,497 34,193 1,589 4,897 2,974 819 1,129 1896 173,565 34,739 1,581 5,006 3,030 785 1,156 1895 170,672 34,230 1,432 4,868 3,129 856 1,169 1894 167,878 31,377 1,462 4,709 2,593 611 967 1893 165,153 30,984 1,459 4,708 3,058 763 1,171 1892 162,492 30,305 1,464 4,563 3,026 719 1,068 Average ten years, 1892-1901 175,291 34,164 1,587 4,898 3,132 785 1,144 * Revised in accordance with the Census returns, 1901. NOTES, 1. —Population at Census, 1901: ' ^ 188,133 ^ ( Eemales 97,064 i 2. -—Area in Acres ... ... ... 5,010 3. —Average number of persons in each house at Census... 5 4. —Average number of persons per acre at Census ... 37 BIRTHS. 5284 Births were registered during the year, the number during the previous year being 5,267. The birth rate for the Borough is 27‘53. The births occurred in the different quarters of the year as follows : First Quarter, ending March 29th Second ,, ,, June 28th Third ,, ,, September 27th Fourth ,, ,, January 3rd 1237 1291 1373 1383 Births y y MARRIAGES. 1772 Marriages took place during the year, being an increase of six on the previous year and giving a marriage rate of 18-46.