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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Area (acres): 2,502.7
Number of inhabited houses (Census 1931) 22,536.
Rateable value, March 1943 §10,011,871 (estimate)
BIRTHS
Live Births
Total
Males
Females
Legitimate
526
282
244
Illegitimate
132
66
66
658
348
310
Births notified 272
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population: 10.7
(Rate for London: 14.0; for England & Wales: 15.8)
Number of Stillbirths 23
Rate of Stillbirths per 1,000 (live & still) births 33.7
DEATHS
Net deaths 837 (males 474; females 413)
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 14.4
(Rate for London: 13.9; for England & Wales: 11.6)
Deaths from puerperal causes 2 (2.9 per 1,000 births)
Deaths of infants under 1 year 35 (males 24; females 11)
Death rate of infants under 1 year:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 53.1
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births. 49.4
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births. 63.1
Rate for London 60
Deaths from measles (all ages)-
" " whooping cough (all ages)1
" " diarrhoea (under 2 years)6
" " cancer 141
INFANT MORTALITY - Causes of Death.
Total
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Diarrhoea & Enteritis
6
4
2
Congenital malformation,
Prematurity etc.
18
14
4
Respiratory diseases
1
1
-
Broncho-pneumonia
6
3
3
Accident
1
1
-
Bronchitis
2
2
-
Whooping cough
1
1
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35
26
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CAUSES OF DEATH (At all ages)
Males
Females
Total
Influenza
1
2
3
Meningitis & Convulsions
1
1
2
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis
1
-
1
Diarrhoea & Enteritis
5
3
8
Septic diseases
2
2
4
Syphilis
9
4
13
Diabetes
1
6
7
Tuberculosis of Lungs
30
26
63