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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
for the Year 1935.
Population (estimated) 178,300 Area of borough in acres 2,291
Density of population per acre 77 Number of marriages 2,001
Rateable value £3,349,816 Product of a Id. rate £13,957
Total. M. F.
Live births {legitimate ... 1,991 998 993 }
illegitimate 235 121 114 Birth rate 12.4
Still births 73 39 34 Rate per 1,000 total births 31
Deaths 2,154 953 1,201 Death rate (after adjustment) 11.3
Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions 3%
Deaths from puerperal causes :— Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths (live and still) births.
Puerperal sepsis 4 1.7
Other puerperal causes 1 0.4
Total 5 2.2
Death rate of infants under one year of age :—
All infants per 1,000 births 79 Deaths from measles (all ages) 0
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live
births 74 „ whooping cough (all ages) 3
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live
births 119 „ diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) 57
Deaths from phthisis 78 Phthisis death rate 0.43
Deaths from all forms of tuberculosis 89 Tuberculosis death rate 0.50
Deaths from the zymotic diseases 88 Zymotic death rate 0.49