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SECTION "A" - VIT-L STATISTICS.
The area of the Borough is 587 acres.
The Registrar-General , s estimate of resident population is not
available for publication. I.' l'J'6) the estimated /lobulation
was 56,960.
Th total number of live births belonging to the Borou.,h
occurring during 1942 was 452, including 39 illegitimate births,
and consisting of 227 males and 225 females. The total number
for 1941 was 447.
The total number of still-births allocated to the Borou-h
during the year was 19. Tills figure represents 4. of the
total births. The causation of these was as follows:-
4 cases due to prematurity, in one case due to kidney
trouble and in the other throe cases cause was
unknown.
7 cases due to congenital malformations.
1 case of asphyxia owing to the cord being tightly wound
round the child's neck.
2 cases due to prolapsed cord.
4 cases due to toxaemia of pregnancy. In three of these
the toxas mia was associated with haemorrhage.
1 case due to ante partum has morrhage, cause unknown.
It is possible that some of these still births due to
prematurity and tox lemia may have been avoided by better
ante natal care.
The total number of deaths belonging to the Borough registered
during 1942 was 50m, consisting of 267 males and 241 females.
The total number for 1941 was 747.. T'io comparative tables for
birth rates, still births and deaths have been omitted for
security reasons.