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STATISTICS FOR 1943.
(Section A).
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 2,872
,, (square miles) 4.49
Population (Census 1931) 95,524
Do., Registrar-General's estimate, 1943 78,170
No. of separately-assessed inhabited premises (end of
1943), according to Rate Books 23,545
Rateable value (General Rate) at 31st December £1,058,846
Product of a penny rate £4,150
LIVE BIRTHS.
M. F. Total.
Legitimate 666 641 1,307
Illegitimate 56 51 107
722 692 1,414
Birth Rate 18.1 (per 1,000 population).
STILL-BIRTHS.
M. F. Total.
Legitimate 21 18 39
Illegitimate 3 1 4
24 19 43
Still-Birth Rate 295 (per 1.000 total live and still births .
DEATHS.
Males 549
Females 583
Total 1,182
Death Rate 14.8 (per 1,000 population).
INFANT DEATHS.
M. F. Total.
Legitimate 25 13 38
Illegitimate 4 1 5
29 14 43
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE.
All infants per 1,000 live births 30.4
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 29.1
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 46.7
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES.
Rate per 1,000
Deaths, total (live and still) births England and Wales.
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis 1 0.69 0.39
(excluding abortion)
Other maternal causes 0 0 1.45
Total 1 0.69 1.84
DEATHS FROM SPECIAL CAUSES.
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 195
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 2
Deaths from Whooping-Cough (all ages) 2
Deaths from Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) 8