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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1942.
Area of Borough 7.015 acres.
Rateable Value £1,781,519
Estimated Product
of 1d. Rate £6,300
Population Census 1931, 219,953.
"Estimated figure for 1942
not available for publication.
Approximate Number of
Inhabited Houses 52,000
Number of Live Births:- 2,732
Males. Females
(a) Legitimate 1,328 1,261
(b) Illegitimate 74 69
TOTAL 1,402 1,330
Birth Rate. 16.88
Total Still-births:-
(a) Legitimate 99.
(b) Illegitimate 6.
Still-birth Rate per
thousand births. 38.
Number of Deaths:Males
1,013
Females 942
TOTAL
1,955
Death Rate 12.0
Number of Infant Deaths:-
(a) Legitimate 94
(b) Illegitimate 9
Infant Mortality Rate:-
(a) All Infants per thousand
Births 37.7
(b) Legitimate Infants per
thousand Legitimate
Births 36.3
(c) Illegitimate Infants per
thousand Illegitimate
Births 62.9
Number of Maternal Deaths:-
(a) Puerperal Sepsis 4
(b) Other Puerperal Causes 5
Number of Deaths from Measles (all ages) 0
„ „ „ „ Whooping Cough 4
„ „ „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 12
„ „ „ „ Tuberculosis 131
„ „ „ „ Cancer 311