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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
Area of the Borough 7,015 Acres.
Population
Census 1931 219,953.
June 1940 (Registrar General's
estimate) 192,540.
BIRTHS
Live Births.
Total Males Females.
Legitimate 2722 1393 1329
Illegitimate 111 55 56
2833 1448 1385
Birth. Rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 14.7
(Rate for London) 13.7
Number of Stillbirths Males 43, Females 27, Total 70.
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 24.7
DEATHS
Total 2898.(Males 1448; Females 1450).
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated population:Crude
15.05; Corrected 15.8.
(Rate for London) 17.8.
Deaths from Puerperal Causes.
Deaths Rate per 1,000
(live and stillbirths).
Puerperal Sepsis. 1 0.38
Other Puerperal Causes. 2 0.76
Death rate of Infants under 1 year of ago
All Infants per 1,000 live births 45
Legitimate Infants per 1.000 legitimate live births. 41
Illegitimate ,, ,, ,, illegitimate live
births. 140
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
,, Whopping Cough, (all ages) -
,, ,, Diarrhoea (under .2. years) 21
,, ,, Cancer (all ages) 342
,, ,, Tuberculosis 149
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