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STATISTICAL INFORMATION.
Area.—678 acres (including the Temple and foreshore).
Population.—Census 1951, 5,268. Estimated mid-year 5,180
Annual Rateable Value.—As at 1st April, 1954, £6,834,410.
Annual Sum received from Penny General Rate.—Estimated £28,150.
Births:— Total. M. F.
Legitimate 21 13 8 Birth Rate per 1,000 resident
Live Births, Illegitimate 1 1 population, 1954 3'78
Still Births Rate per 1,000 total (live and
still) births
Deaths:-
Deaths, Infants under Legitimate
4 weeks of age Illegitimate
Deaths under 1 year legitimate Death Rate per 1,000 resident
Deaths (all ages) 65 43 22 Death Rate per1,000resident opulation 12.05
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age :—
All Infants per 1,000 live births
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Notifications received:— Total cases
notified.
Acute Primary Pneumonia 2
Food Poisoning and suspected Food Poisoning 4
Measles 7
Puerperal Pyrexia 2
Poliomyelitis 1
Scarlet Fever 2
Sonne Dysentery 4
Tuberculosis 19
Whooping Cough 4
ANALYTICAL EXAMINATIONS.
(Other than under Food and Drugs Act).
Atmospheric Pollution 24 Oranges 8
Chemical Fertilizer 3 Pork Pie 1
Cocoa Beans 1 Rainwater 12
Confectionery 1 Raspberry Pressing Cask 2
Cooking Fat 1 Sauce 1
Dripping 1 Sausages 2
Egg Yolk 1 Shellfish (Tinned) 3
Fruit Tart 1 Tomato Puree 1
Gelatine 2 Vegetables (Tinned.) 2
Luncheon Meat (Tinned.) 1
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
The following specimens were examined during the year:—
Bristles 3 Milk 1
Cream (Tinned) 1 Rabbit 1
Fæces 11 Shellfish (Tinned. 2
Meat 4 Steak and Kidney Filling 1
Meat Roll 1 Throat Swabbing 1
Meat (Tinned) 14 Tomato Puree 1
DIPHTHERIA ANTI-TOXIN.
Quantity provided to private practitioners Nil.