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STATISTIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Area (acres) 2,502.7
Population (Registrar General' s Estimate 1944)
64,170
Number of inhabited houses (Census 1931)
22,536
Rateable value, March 1945
£9,550,000
BIRTHS
Live Births
Total
Males
Females
Legitimate
622
298
324
Illegitimate
171
102
69
793
400
393
Births notified 641
Birth rote per 1,000 of the estimated resident population: 12.3
(Rate for London: 15.0; for England & wales: 17.6)
Number of Stillbirths 29
Rate of Stillbirths per 1,000 (live & still) births 35.2
DEATHS
Net deaths 1101 (males 592; females 509)
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population: 17.1
(Rate for London: 15.7; for England & Wales: 11.6)
Deaths from puerperal causes Nil.
Deaths of infants under 1 year 52 (males 31; females 21) .
Death rate of infants under 1 year:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 65.5
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 53.0
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 live births 111.1
Rate for London 61
Deaths from measles (all ages) -
" " whooping cough -
" " diarrhoea 11
" " cancer 173
INFANT MORTALITY - Causes of Death.
Total
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Diarrhoea & Enteritis
16
10
6
Congenital mlformation,
Prematurity etc.
19
15
4
Want of attention
3
—
3
Broncho-pneumonia
8
5
3
Accident
2
1
1
Other causes
3
2
1
Syphilis
1
—
1
52
33
19