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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Area (acres) 2,265
Population 69,840
Rateable Value, March, 1944 £1,524,000
Sum produced by 1 d. rate £5,660
BIRTHS.
Live Births. Total. Males. Females.
Legitimate 1,009 565 444
Illegitimate 112 56 56
1,121 621 500
. Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 16.1
(Rate for London : 15.0)
Number of Stillbirths 26
Rate of Stillbirths per 1,000 (live and still) births 22.6
DEATHS.
Net deaths (males, 440 ; females, 577) 1,017
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 14.6
(Rate for London : 15.7)
Deaths from maternal causes (0.9 per 1,000 births) 1
Deaths of infants under 1 year (males, 33 ; females, 37) 70
Infants under 1 year : Infantile Mortality Rate
All infants per 1,000 live births 62
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 58
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 98
The causes of death, arranged under the headings of the short list
used by the Registrar-General, were as follows :—
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid 19. Heart disease 269
fevers . . .. ... — 20. Other diseases of circulatory
2. Cerebro-spinal fever — system 29
3. Scarlet fever — 21. Bronchitis 50
4. Whooping cough — 22. Pneumonia 42
5. Diphtheria . . 1 23. Other respiratory diseases 7
6. Tuberculosis of the respira- 24. Ulcer of stomach or duo-
tory system . . 47 denum 12
7. Other forms of tuberculosis. . 6 25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 7
8. Syphilitic diseases 5 26. Appendicitis 3
9. Influenza 4 27. Other digestive diseases 23
10. Measles — 28. Nephritis 18
11. Acute polio-myelitis and polio- 29. Puerperal and post-abortive
encephalitis — sepsis —
12. Acute infective encephalitis 1 30. Other maternal causes 1
13. Cancer of buccal cavity 31. Premature birth 31
and oesophagus (m) 32. Congenital malformations,
uterus (f) 16 birth injuries, infantile
14. Cancer of stomach and >-169 diseases 16
duodenum 28 33. Suicide 14
15. Cancer of breast 19 34. Road traffic accidents 5
16. Cancer of all other sites 106 35. Other violent causes 90
17. Diabetes 8 36. All other causes 45
18. Intra cranial vascular lesions 77
Total 1,017
Public Mortuary, New End.
During the year 110 bodies were brought to the mortuary, 12 by the
Police and 98 by order of the Coroner.
In 106 instances post-mortem examinations were made.