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9
STATISTICS FOR 1931.
Social and Economic Statistics.
Area (acres)
2,874
Population (Census 1931)
95,524
Do., Registrar-General's estimate (mid 1931)
95,590
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1931), according to
Rate Books
21,122
Rateable value (General Rate)
£990,460
Product of a penny rate
£4,127
Live births—
Legitimate Males
550
,, Females
539
Illegitimate Males
30
,, Females
20
Total
1,139
Birth-Rate 119 per 1,000 population.
Still-births—
Legitimate Males
25
,, Females
14
Illegitimate Males
3
,, Females
2
Total
44
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still births) births, 37.2.
Deaths—
Male
462
Female
596
Total
1,058
Death-Rate11.2 per 1,000 population.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, child-birth: —
From Sepsis
2
,, other causes
3
Deaths of Infants under 1 Year of Age.
Legitimate
Males 28,
Females 23
= 51
Illegitimate
4,
5
= 9
Total
60