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STATISTICAL INFORMATION.
Area.—661 acres (including the Temple and Tidal Water and foreshore).
Population.—Census 1951, 5,268. Estimated Mid-year 5,090
Annual Rateable Value.—As at 1st April, 1953, £6,732,840.
Annual Sum received from Penny General Rate.—Estimated £27,650.
Births:— Total. M. F.
Legitimate 30 16 14
Live Births, Illegitimate 1 1 -
Still Births — — —
Deaths:—
Deaths, Infants under
4 weeks of age
Deaths under 1 year
Deaths (all ages)
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age :—
All Infants per 1,000 live births 32.19
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births —
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 1000.00
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Notifications received :— Total cases
notified.
Acute Influenza 1
Food Poisoning 2
Measles 8
Puerperal Pyrexia 11
Sonne Dysentery 2
Tuberculosis 29
Whooping Cough 1
ANALYTICAL EXAMINATIONS.
(Other than under Food and Drugs Act).
Fruit (tinned) 14 Hen Albumen Crystals 1
Vegetables (preserved) 1 Tomato Puree 2
Bacon 1 Pressed Beef 3
Fruit (Dried) 1 Cream (tinned) l
Cheese (processed) 1 Custard Powder l
Vegetables (Dehydrated) 2 Buttered Roll l
Chemical Fertilizer 2 Water 2
Luncheon Meat 4 Corned Beef in Roll l
Shellfish (tinned) 2 Rainwater 12
Sausages 3 Atmospheric Pollution 24
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
The following specimens were examined during the year :—
Beef 1 Milk 1
Corned Beef (tinned) 3 Water 2
Ham (tinned) 7 Faeces 4
Tongues (tinned) 2 Sputum 3
Pork (tinned) 1 Veal (tinned) 1
Custard Powder 7
DIPHTHERIA ANTI-TOXIN.
Quantity provided to private practitioners Nil.
Birth Rate per 1,000 resident
population, 1953 5.42
Rate per 1,000 total (live and
still) births —
Legitimate — — —
Illegitimate 1 1 —
| Legitimate — — —
Illegitimate 1 1 —
56 46 10
Death Rate per 1,000 resident
population 10.56