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STATISTICS.
General Statistics, 1938.
Area of the Borough 7,015 acres.
Population:—
Census, 1931 219,953
Estimated, Mid-year, 1938 229,000
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1938)
according to Rate Books 56,000 (appx.).
Rateable Value (at April, 1938) £1,827,931
Sum represented by a penny rate £7,273
Extracts from Vital Statistics, 1938.
Total. Males. Females.
Live Births:—Legitimate 3,073 1,571 1,502
Illegitimate 115 59 56
Total 3,188 1,630 1,558
Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 13.9
Total. Males. Females.
Still-Births 87 41 46
Rate per 1,000 births (live and still-births) 26.5
Total. Males. Females.
Deaths 2,403 1,160 1,243
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated population:—
(crude) 10.49 ; (corrected) 10.5
Deaths from Puerperal Causes:—
Rate per 1,000
Deaths. (live and still)
Births.
No. 29 Puerperal Sepsis 5 1.52
No. 30 Other Puerperal Causes 2 0.61
Total 7 2.13
Death Rate of Infants under 1 year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 47
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 45
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 104
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 14
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 3
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 16