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SECTION A
STATISTICS and SOCIAL CONDITIONS of the
AREA.
Area (in acres) 8,970 (14 sq. miles approx.)
Civilian Population (mid-1949) 40,940
Number of inhabited houses 11,890
Rateable value £325,360
Sum represented by a penny rate £1,324 19 3
The rate in the pound for 1949/50 is 17/4d.
Live Births:
Male Female Total
Legitimate 377 314 691
Illegitimate 10 22 32
Total 723
Birth rate per 1,000 estimated resident population 17.7
Vital Statistics:
Still Births:
Male Female Total
Legitimate 4 6 10
Illegitimate 0 0 0
Total 10
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Rate per 1,000 Qive and still) births 13.7
Male Female Total
Deaths " 144 178 322
Death rate per 1,000 estimated resident population 7.9
Deaths from sepsis and other maternal causes 2
Deaths of infants under 1 year:
Male Female Total
Legitimate 6 7 13
Illegitimate 1 0 1
Total 14
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