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Section A. Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area
Area (in acres) 3,824
Population—Registrar-General's estimate mid-year 1949 62,010
Registrar-General's estimate mid-year 1948 61,150
Rateable value £611,378
Sum represented by penny rate £2,426
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year
Live Births:
Legitimate Males 425 Females 390 Total 815
Illegitimate Males 12 Females 12 Total 24
Total Males 437 Females 402 Total 839
Birth-rate per 1.000 of the estimated resident population—13.5
Stillbirths.
Legitimate Males 6 Females 14 Total 20
Illegitimate Males 1 Females 1 Total 2
Total Males 7 Females 15 Total 22
Rate oer 1.000 total (live and still") births—25.5
deaths:
Males — 324. Females — 363. Total — 687.
Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—11.0
Deaths from puerperal causes:—
Puerperal and post-abortion sepsis 1
Other maternal causes -
Total 1
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 1.2
Deaths of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 36.9
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 34.3
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 125
1949 1948
Deaths from Cancer 119 111
„ „ Measles 1 1
„ „ Whooping Cough Nil 2
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 2 3
„ „ Road Traffic Accidents 5 4
„ „ Suicide 5 4
„ „ Other violent causes 6 11
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