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Section 1.
General Statistics.
Area of Borough . .2265 acres (including 12 acres covered by water).
Population Census, 1921 86,153
Number of inhabited houses ditto 12,557
Number of families or separate occupiers, ditto 21,520
Rateable Value, 1st April, 1924 £1,175,167
Sum represented by a penny rate £4,752 17s. 2d.
Section 2.
Extracts from Yital Statistics for 1924.
Population estimated to middle of 1924 87,600
Density 39 persons per acre.
Marriages 677
Marriage-Rate 15.4
M. F. Totals
Birth Legitimate 559 546 1105 1,186
Illegitimate 41 40 81
Birth-Rate 13.5
Deaths 1029 Death-Rate 11.7
Maternal Deaths No. of
women dying in, or in
consequence of, childbirth
At home In hospital.
(1) From Sepsis 1
(2) Other Causes 2
3
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age:—
Legitimate 55 Illegitimate 11 Total 66
Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 births 56
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 6
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) 4
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 10
Deaths from Tuberculosis of—
The Respiratory System 58 Death-Rate 0.66
Deaths from All Forms of—
Tuberculosis 70 Death-Rate 0.80