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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 1,132
Population (estimated, 1937) 147,400
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1937) according to rate
books 29,166
Rateable value £1,295,941
Sum represented by penny rate £5,144
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Unemployment fluctuated considerably during the year, and at the
end of December, the figures included 7,322 men, 2,415 women and 82
Juveniles, making a total of 9,819.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Total. M. F.
Live Births—Legitimate 2,071 1,062 1,009
Live Births—Illegitimate 96 60 36
Birth Rate, 14.7
Still Births, 68. (Registered). Rate per 1,000 total births, 30.5
Deaths 2,074. Death rate, 14.1
Deaths from Puerperal Causes:— .
Rate per 1,000
Deaths. (Live and
Still Births).
From Puerperal fever 1 0.45
From other Puerperal causes 6 2.69
Death rate of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births:—
Legitimate 64
Illegitimate 83
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 279
Do. Measles (all ages) 1
Do. Whooping Cough (all ages) 13
Do. Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 21