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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
for the Year 1936.
Population (estimated) 176,100
Density of population per acre 76
Rateable value £3,334,408
Total. M.
legitimate 1,997 1,058
Live births illegitimate 231 116
Still births 82 49
Deaths 2,201 995
Area of borough in acres 2,291
Number of marriages 2,077
Product of a Id. rate £13,893
F.
939 Birth rate 2.7
115
33 Rate per 1,000 total births 35
1,206 Death rate (after adjustment) 11.7
Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions 54%
Deaths from puerperal causes:— Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths (live and still) births.
Puerperal sepsis 1 0.4
Other puerperal causes 1 0.4
Total 2 0.9
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 births 73
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live
births 69
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live
births 104
Deaths from phthisis 105
Deaths from all forms of tuberculosis 123
Deaths from the zymotic diseases 97
Deaths from measles (all ages) 26
„ whooping cough (all ages) 13
„ diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) 39
Phthisis death rate 0.59
Tuberculosis death rate 0.70
Zymotic death rate 0.55