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SUMMARY OF PARTICULARS REQUIRED BY THE MINISTRY
OF HEALTH.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (acres)—2,502-7.
Population (Census 1931)—129,579.
Population, June, 1934 (Registrar General's Estimate)—124,050.
Number of Inhabited Houses (Census 1931)—22,536.
Rateable value—£11,290,000 (March, 1935).
Sum represented by a penny rate £43,040 (Estimate).
Extracts from Vitat. Statistics for the Year.
Total. Males. Females.
Live Births—
Legitimate 1,015 528 487
Illegitimate 151 77 74
1,166 605 561
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—9.4.
Stillbirths—42. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births—34.7.
Deaths—1,466. Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—Crude
rate 11-8. Adjusted rate 12.1.
Deaths from puerperal causes:—
Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths. (live and still) births.
Puerperal sepsis 2 1.6
Other puerperal causes 2 1.6
Total 4 3.3
Death-rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 66
Legitimate infants per 1.000 legitimate live births 55.1
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 139
Deaths from measles (all ages) 11
,, whooping cough (all ages) 9
„ diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 16