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Infantile Mortality.
Twenty-five infants died in the Urban District during 1952
before reaching their first birthday, giving an Infant Mortality
Rate for the year of 19.5 per 1,000 live 'births.
Thirteen died during their first four weeks of life, 11 of
which were within the first week.
The average rate for the past ten years is 24.9.
UNEMPLOYMENT.
I am indebted to the Manager of the Local Employment
Exchange for the following information :—
" Unemployment, while more than the preceding year, was
not large, and was due in some part to redundancies in other
areas. Local firms have ceased their expansion, but in the main
have held their ground. Some loss of orders was due to restriction
by the Dominions on imports.
The fit and not too elderly have usually been able to find
work easily."
OPEN AIR RECREATIONAL AMENITIES.
Public Recreation Grounds, Gardens, etc.
Some 392.42 acres of land have been secured or reserved for
pulblic recreational purposes within the Urban District.