[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough.

  • Burton upon Trent (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    based on the assumption that the proportionate rate of increase during the year would be the same as during the intercensal period 1891-1001. By this method the population of the Borough at the middle of 1904 was estimated to be 51,934. NATURAL INCREASE.—The excess of births over deaths is the natural increase, and if this were known since the Census, and one also knew the amount of emigration and immigration it would be possible to calculate the population accurately at any given time. Accurate records of births and deaths are available, but no record of immigration or emigration. Year. Births. Deaths. Natural Increase. From Census 1901 1,064 532 532 1902 1,365 705 660 1903 1,366 653 713 1904 (j of)... 675 412 263 Totals 4,470 2,302 2,168 Population Census, 1901 ... ... ... 50,386 Population estimated middle of 1904 ... 51,934 The estimated increase is thus only 1,548 as compared with a natural increase of 2,168. As the estimated population is not likely to be very far wrong owing to the proximity of the Census it will be seen that the emigrants are more numerous than the immigrants, an unusual state of affairs in a prosperous urban community. There is no reason to think that this is not the case, as the same state of affairs was present during 1891-1901, as is shown in the following table : —