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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
For the year 1931.
Population 174,800 Area of borough in acres 2,291
Density of population per acre 76 Number of marriages 1,890
Rateable value £3,269,809 Product of a 1d. rate £13,624
Total. M. F.
Live births legitimate 2,265 1,133 1,132
illegitimate 220 112 108 14.2
Still births 87 55 32 Rate per 1,000 total births 34
Deaths 2,455 1,066 1,389 Death rate 14. 0
Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions 49 %
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth „ other causes 8
Maternal death rate 6.0
Death rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births :—
legitimate, 65; illegitimate, 108; total, 76.
Deaths from measles (all ages), Nil.
„ whooping cough (all ages), 10.
„ diarrhoea (under 2 years of age), 35.
Deaths from phthisis 127 Phthisis death rate 0.70
Deaths from all forms of tuberculosis 148 Tuberculosis death rate 0.82
Deaths from the zymotic diseases 59 Zymotic death rate 0.84