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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Summary of Vital and Mortal Statistics, &c.
(The comparable figures for the previous year appear
in brackets.)
Area of Borough.—4,083 statute acres (inclusive of land and inland
water, but exclusive of tidal water and foreshore), divided into
4 Registration Sub-Districts, 4 Parliamentary Divisions, and
12 Wards. The Parliamentary Divisions and Registration SubDistricts
have been adjusted so that they and the Wards are
co-terminus.
Population–estimated, 1946—209,910 (173,280).
Density.—51.41 persons per statute acre (inclusive of land and
inland water, but exclusive of tidal water and foreshore.
Births (corrected)—4,805 (3,219)
Birth rate per 1,000 estimated resident population corrected
22.89 (18.57).
Deaths (corrected)—2,602 (2,587).
Death rate per 1,000 estimated resident population, 12.87
(14.92).
Maternal mortality (corrected) per 1,000 total births (live and
still), 0.61 (1.82).
Infantile mortality, 35 (46).
Neonatal Mortality (corrected.)—72 deaths under one month, being
15 per 1,000 live births.
Zymotic Death-rate (corrected)—0.12 per 1,000 population (total
zymotic deaths, 27).
Marriages.
Marriage rate per 1,000 population, 10.03 (12.08).
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1946—£2,207,445. Sum represented
by 1d. rate—£8,236.