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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1943.
Area of the Borough 7015 Acres
Population Census 1931 219,953
The Registrar-General's estimate of the
population for 1943 is not to be published.
Rateable Value £1,788,601
Estimated Product of Id. Rate £6,300
BIRTHS
Number of live births 3,151
Males Females Totals
Legitimate births 1539 1477 3016
Illegitimate births 71 64 135
1610 1541 3151
Birth rate per thousand of the estimated population - 18.69
Total still-births 82
(a) Legitimate 75
(b) Illegitimate 7
Still-birth rate per thousand (live and still) births 25.3
DEATHS.,
Number of deaths 2359
(Males - 1191 Females = 1168)
Death rate per thousand of the estimated population 13.97
Number of Infant deaths 134
(a) Legitimate 125
(b) Illegitimate 9
Infant Mortality Rate
(a) All Infants per 1000 Births 42.5
(b) Legitimate Infants per 1000 Legitimate41.4
Births.
(c) Illegitimate Infants per 1000 Illegi
timate Births. 66.6
Number of Maternal Deaths 10
(a) Puerperal Sepsis 3
(b) Other Maternal Causes = 7
Maternal Mortality Rate per thousand total live and still births 3.08
Number of deaths from Measles (all ages) 4
" " " " Whooping Cough 8
" " " " Diarrhoea under 2 years) 24
,r w " " Tuberculosis 150
" " " " Cancer 369
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