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SUMMARY OF PARTICULARS REQUIRED BY CIRCULAR 834 OF
THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, DATED 15th DECEMBER, 1927.
1. General Statistics.
Area (acres) 4,106
Ward areas 3,806
Tidal Water H.W.M.
Thames 240
Roding 58
Loxford Water 2
300
4,106
Population (Census, 1921) 35,523
Population (June, 1927) (Registrar General's estimate) 39,900
Number of inhabited houses (1921) 6,762
Number of Families or separate occupiers (1921) 7,594
Population Density, i.e., No. of persons per acre 9.7
Rateable Value—Houses, Buildings, etc £297,430 0 0
Lands £2,738 0 0
Sum represented by a penny rate £1,160 0 0
Education rates :—
Elementary 3 23/4
Secondary 6
Assessable Value £278,712 17 6
General District Rate 7 8
Poor Rate 9 6
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Births :—
Males.
Females.
Total.
Birth Kate.
Legitimate
332
357
689
17.26
Illegitimate
13
8
21
0.52
Total
345
365
710
17.78
Deaths:—
Male. Female. Total. Death Rate. Standard Death
Rate Factor 1.040}
204 202 406 10.1 10.5
Number of deaths of women during, or in consequence of, childbirth :—
From Sepsis. From other causes. Total.
2 1 3
Number of deaths of infants under one year of age :—
Males.
Females.
Total.
Total Infantile
Death
Rate.
Death
Rate.
Legitimate 18
24
42
60.9
66.1
Illegitimate 2
3
5
238.0
Number of deaths from Measles (all ages)
—
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages)
7
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)
7