[Report 1893] / Medical Officer of Health, Hastings County Borough.

  • Hastings (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1893
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Credit: [Report 1893] / Medical Officer of Health, Hastings County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To some extent, however, the error may be rectified by other methods. For instance, in 1881 the population numbered 42,258, and occupied 6369 inhabited houses, or 6*6 persons per inhabited house. In 1891 the population was 52,223, and 8,165 inhabited houses, or 6*4 persons per house. Probably therefore the number of inhabited houses multiplied by 6*4 will approximately represent the real population of the Borough at any given time. Birth-rate.—During 1893 there were registered 1059 births (555 males, 504 females). This number is 11 less than in 1892, and the birth-rate is only 19-33 as against 19-95 last year. Years. Total Births. Illegitimate Births. Total Birth-rate. Illegitimate Births per cent, of Total Births. 1888 1077 34 21-85 3-15 1889 1117 34 22-19 3-04 1890 1003 33 19-53 3-19 1891 1089 46 20-74 4-22 1892 1070 46 19-95 4-29 1893 1059 37 19-33 3-49 The natural increase of births over deaths was 281. There were registered during the year 778 deaths in the Borough. Three hundred and eighty-one of these were of males, three hundred and ninety-seven of females. The number last year was 925 deaths, thus there is the satis¬ factory decrease of 147 in 1893 as compared with 1892.