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SECTION 1.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
1. General Statistics.
Area (acres) 4,106 Ward areas 3,808
Tidal Water H.W.M.
Thames 240
Roding 58
Loxford Water 2
300
4,106
Population (1921, Census) 35,523
Population (June, 1929) (Registrar General's estimate) 42,169
Population (June, 1930) (Estimated) 45,000
Number of inhabited houses (1921 Census) 6,762
Number of inhabited houses, March, 1931, according to Rate Books 10,941
Number of Families or separate occupiers (1921 Census) 7,594
Population Density, i.e. No. of persons per acre 10.9
Rateable Value—General £419,003 0 0
Sum represented by a penny rate £1,538 16 9
Education rates:—
Elementary | Included in General Rate Figure 3 4
Secondary 6½
General Rate 14 4
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Live Births:— Total. Males. Females. Birth Rata.
Legitimate 777 399 378 17.3
Illegitimate 22 15 7 0.5
Total 799 414 385 17.8
Still Births Rate per 1,000
total births:—
Legitimate 33 18 15 39.7
Illegitimate — — —
Deaths 435 218 217
Death Rate 9.7 Standard Death Rate (Factor 1.049) 10.2
Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions, 27.8
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth:—
From Sepsis. From other causes. Total.
0 3 3
Number of deaths of infants under one year of age :—
Total Infantils
Death Death
Males. Females. Total. Rate. Rate
Legitimate 23 23 46 59.2 61.3
Illegitimate 1 2 3 136.4
Number of deaths from Measles (all ages) "
,, ,, Whooping Cough (all age3)
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age
*The estimated population at June, 1930, has been taken for the purpose of arriving at the
Vital Statistics, in accordance with-Circular 1119, of the Ministry of Health, dated
18th June, 1930.