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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Area (acres) 2,265
Population 95,650
Rateable Value, March, 1947 £1,582,458
Sum produced by 1 d. rate £6,480
BIRTHS.
Live Births. Total. Males. Females.
Legitimate 1,590 804 786
Illegitimate 137 72 65
1,727 876 851
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 18.1
(Rate for London : 22.7)
Number of Stillbirths 39
Rate of Stillbirths per 1,000 (live and still) births 22.1
DEATHS.
Net deaths (males, 481 ; females, 597) 1,078
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 11.2
(Rate for London : 12.8)
Deaths from maternal causes (1.7 per 1,000 births) 3
Deaths of infants under 1 year (males, 30 ; females, 21) 51
Infants under 1 year : Infantile Mortality Rate
All infants per 1,000 live births 29
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 33
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births —
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 308
fevers — 20. Other diseases of circulatory
2. Cerebro-spinal fever — system 50
3. Scarlet fever — 21. Bronchitis 66
4. Whooping cough — 22. Pneumonia 43
5. Diphtheria — 23. Other respiratory diseases 16
6. Tuberculosis of the respira- 24. Ulcer of stomach or duo-
tory system 31 denum 16
7. Other forms of tuberculosis 11 25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 5
8. Syphilitic diseases 5 26. Appendicitis 4
9. Influenza 9 27. Other digestive diseases 26
10. Measles— 28. Nephritis 33
11. Acute poliomyelitis and polio- 29. Puerperal and post-abortive
encephalitis 2 sepsis —
12. Acute infective encephalitis —- 30. Other maternal causes 3
13. Cancer of buccal cavity 31. Premature birth 8
and oesophagus (m) 32. Congenital malformations,
uterus (f) 18 birth injuries, infantile
14. Cancer of stomach and 178 diseases 26
duodenum 23 33. Suicide 13
15. Cancer of breast 18 34. Road traffic accidents 5
16. Cancer of all other sites 119 35. Other violent causes 29
17. Diabetes 7 36. All other causes 76
18. Intra cranial vascular lesions 108
Total 1,078
Public Mortuary, New End.
During the year 190 bodies were brought to the mortuary, 20 by the
Police and 169 by order of the Coroner.
189 post-mortem examinations were made.
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