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The following is a summary of the vital and other statistic
for the year 1932:—
Area of Borough 2,305 acres
Population (estimated midsummer 1932) 70,640
Population (Census 1931) 70,510
Number of inhabited houses (Census 193l)—figures not yet
available.
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1932) according
to Rate Book 15,803
Number of families or separate occupiers (Census
1931) figures not yet
available.
Rateable Value (1st October, 1932) £718,486
Net produce of a penny rate (year ending 31st March,
1932) £2,793 15s. 9d.
Total number of births registered 970
Legitimate 932
Illegitimate 38
Birth-rate per 1,000 inhabitants 13.8
Number of deaths 786
Death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants 11.1
Number of women dying in, or in consequence) of
childbirth— 7
from sepsis 3
from abortion -
from other causes 4
Maternal mortality per 1,000 births 7.2
Deaths of infants under 1 year of age— 60
Legitimate 54
Illegitimate 6
Infantile mortality per 1,000 births 62
Death-rate per 1,000
Total Deaths. Population.
Measles 12 .17
Whooping Cough 6 .08
Diphtheria 21 .29
Scarlet Fever 6 .08
Influenza 12 .17
Tuberculosis of Lungs 48 .68
Tuberculosis (other forms) 11 .15
Tuberculosis (all forms) 59 ,83