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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Statistical Summary, 1937.
Area of Borough in acres 405.1
Resident population—estimated to middle of 1937 (as supplied by
the Registrar-General) for birth and death rates 34,600
Number of inhabited houses (1931) 6,462
Number of private families or separate occupiers (1931) 9,355
Rateable value 1st October, 1937 £1,652,321
Rate of Id in the £ estimated to yield £6,430
Total M. F.
Liva Birth {Legitimate 240 128 112} Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estiI
Illegitimate 40 19 211} mated resident population 8.09
Stillbirths 14 6 8 Rate per 1,000 total (live and
still) births 47.6
Deaths 410 217 193 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated
resident population 11.85
Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's
Short List):— Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still) births.
No. 29 Puerperal sepsis 1 3.4
No. 30 Other Puerperal causes Nil —
Total 1 3.4
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age :—
All infants per 1,000 live births 78.6
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 79.2
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 75.0
Deaths from cancer (all ages) 66
„ „ measles (all ages) 1
„ „ whooping cough (all ages) 2
„ „ diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 2
Tuberculosis, all causes, death-rate per 100,000 78.0
Excess of registered births over deaths —
Excess of registered deaths over births 130