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Deaths of infants under 1 year of age— 62
Legitimate 54
Illegitimate 8
Infantile mortality per 1,000 births 61
Death-rate per 1,000
Total Deaths Population.
Measles 1 .01
Whooping Cough — —
Diphtheria 4 .06
Scarlet Fever — —.
Influenza 7 .10
Tuberculosis of Lungs 43 .60
Tuberculosis (other forms) 11 .15
Tuberculosis (all forms) 54 .76
POPULATION.
Only the preliminary results of the Census have as yet been
published. The preliminary report was published in August, 1931,
and in that report the population was given as 70,523— 33,230 males
and 37,293 females. The figure now given by the Registrar General
is slightly different and is 70,560. A memorandum accompanies
the estimate in which it is stated that the 1931 estimate of population
noted differs from the 1931 Census population in that it
purports to represent the resident popluation of the area, which is
not necessarily comparable with the population enumerated at the
Census. The analysis of the returns in respect of the "usual residence"
question asked on the Census schedule has not yet been completed
and the figure now given is to that extent approximate;
it is believed, however, that it is sufficiently accurate for the purpose
for which is supplied.
The only other item which has been published is the ward
population. This is based upon the number 70,523 and will be
corrected when the final figures are published. The 70,523 inhabitants
were distributed among the wards as follows :—
North-East. North-West. South-East. South- West.,
22,383 16,763 16,525 14,852
It was anticipated that increases had taken place in the NorthEast
and North-West Wards, but it was hardly expected that there
had been so large a decrease in the South-West Ward.