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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1944.
AREA OF THE BOROUGH 7015 Acres
POPULATION Census 1931 219,953
Registar- General's Estimate of the
Civil Population 163,320
RATEABLE VALUE £1,790,892
Estimated Product of 1d. Rate £6,500
BIRTHS
Number of live births 3046
Males Females TOTALS
Legitimate births 1496 1365 2861
Illegitimate births 86 99 185
1582 1464 3046
BIRTH RATE PER THOUSAND OF THE ESTIMATED POPULATION 18.65
Total still-births 68
(a) Legitimate 64
(b) Illegitimate 4
Still-birth rate per thousand (live and still) 21.8
births
DEATHS
Number of deaths
(Males = 1231 Females =1185 2416
DEATH RATE PER THOUSAND OF THE ESTIMATED POPULATION 14.79
Number of Infant deaths 123
(a) Legitimate 113
(b) Illegitimate 10
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
(a) All Infants per 1000 Births 140.3
(b) Legitimate Infants per 1000 Legitimate 40.3
Births. 39.5
(c) Illegitimate Infants per 1000 Illegitimate
Births. 54.0
Number of Maternal Deaths 3
(a) Puerperal Sepsis 1
(b) Other Maternal Causes 2
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE 0.96
PER THOUSAND TOTAL LIVE AND STILL BIRTHS 0.96
Number of deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
" " " " Whooping Cough 9
'' '' " " Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 20
'' '' " " Tuberculosis 146
'' '' '' " Cancer 329