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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, J une. 1938 (Registrar General's Estimate)—124,400.
Number of Inhabited Houses (Census 1931)—22,536.
Rateable value—£11,038,700 (March, 1939).
Sum represented by a penny rate— £43,240 (Estimate).
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Live Births—
Total.
Males.
Females.
Legitimate
900
463
437
Illegitimate
138
71
67
1,038
534
504
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—8-3.
Stillbirths—29. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births—27.1.
Deaths—1,300. Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—Crude
rate 10.4. Adjusted rate 10.7.
Deaths from puerperal causes:— Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths. (live and still) births.
Puerperal sepsis 5 4.6
Other puerperal causes 2 1.8
Total 7 6.5
Death-rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 54.9
Legitimate infants per 1.000 legitimate live births 45.5
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 115.9
Deaths from measles (all ages) 4
„ whooping cough (all ages) —
„ diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) 11
,, cancer 222