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6
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
General Statistics, 1946.
Area 2,282.5 acres
Population (1945) (estimated) 96,100
„ (1946) „ 111,860
Census (1901) 112,239
„ „ (1911) 121,521
(1921) 130,295
„ (1931) 135,521
Natural increase, i.e., excess of births over deaths 974
Density of population (persons per acre) 49.01
Marriages registered 1,234
Rateable value (April, 1946) £1,213,200
Sum represented by a penny rate (April, 1946) £4,810
Vital Statistics.
Total.
M.
F.
Live Births
Legitimate
2,124
1,117
1,007
Birth Rate per 1,000
estimated resident
population = 20.6
Illegitimate
186
86
100
Stillbirths
65
37
28
Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still)
births = 27
Deaths
1,336
686
650
Death Rate per 1,000
estimated average
population = 11.9
Deaths from puerperal causes—
Deaths.
Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still)
births
Puerperal sepsis
2
0.84
Other puerperal causes
5
2.10
Total
7
2.94
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All Infants per 1,000 live births
45
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births
41.90
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births
75.26
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)
226
„ „ Measles (all ages)
Nil
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages)
2
„ „ Diarrhæa (under 2 years of age)
17