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SECTION “A“ - VITAL STATISTICS
AREA The area of the Borough is 7015 acres.
POPULATION Census 1931 219,953.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the
resident civilian population mid year 1946 was
207,410.
RAIABLE VALUE £1,716,701
Estimated product of a penny rate £6,200.
BIRTHS No. of live births 4491
Males Females Totals
Legitimate 2155 2088 4243
Iliedtimate 130 118 248
2285 2206 4491
Birth rats per 1000 of the
estimated population 21.7
Birth rate for England and Wales 19.1
V
Birth rats, London Administrative
County 21.5
STILL-BIRTHS The total number of still-births allocated to the
Borough during the year was 97. This represents
a still-birth rate per thousand live and stillbirths
of 21.l.
DEATHS The total number of deaths belonging to the
borough registered during the year 1946 was 2208,
consisting of 1094 males and 1114 females, giving
a death rate per thousand of the estimated population
of 10.6 as compared with a rate of 11.5
for England and Wales and 12.7 for the Administrative
County of London.
INFANT MORTALITY No. of infant deaths 148
Legitimate 136
Illegitimate 12
1• ALL infants per thousand
live births Rate 33.0
2. Lesitimate infnts per
thousand live legitimate
births Rate 32.5
3. Illegitimate infants per
thousand live
mate births Rate 48.4
MATERNAL DEATHS No. of maternal deaths 5.
(a) Puerperal sepsis -
(b) Other maternal causes 5
Maternal mortality rate per thousand
total live and still births 1.1
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