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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
for the Year 1935.
Area of the Borough in Acres 4,480
Population (Estimated resident population mid-1935) 234,400
Population (Census 1931) 251,294
No. of inhabited houses (end of 1935) according to Rate
Books 43, 468
Rateable Value £1,651,199
Sum represented by a penny rate £6,950
Number of live Births 3,155
Birth Rate 13. 46
Number of Deaths 2,769
Death Rate 11.81
Infantile Mortality:—
Deaths under 1 year 191
Infantile Deaths per 1,000 Births 60
Maternal Mortality:—
Deaths of Women from Diseases or Accidents associated
with Childbirth 10
Per 1,000 live births 3.16
Maternal Death Rate
Per 1,000 total births 3.07
Deaths from Phthisis 166
Phthisis Death Rate 0.71
Deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis 192
Tuberculosis Death Rate 0.82