Table: SECTION 1.STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
SECTION 1.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
| 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 (1931 Census) | 51,277 |
| Population (June, 1932) (Registrar.General's Estimate) | 60,330 |
| Number of Inhabited Houses, March, 1933, according to Rate Books :— Houses | 15,183 |
| Shops | 1,049 |
| Total | | 16,232 |
| Population Density, i.e., No. of persons per acre | 14.7 |
| Rateable Value—General | £498,931 | 0 | 0 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate | .. £1,950 | 0 | 0 |
| Education rates Elementary | Included in General Rate Figure | | 3 | 8¼ |
| Secondary | | | 6¼ |
| General Rate | 13 | 8 |
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Table: 2. Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
| Live Births :— | Total | | Males. | Females. | Birth Rate. |
| Legitimate | 1,085 | 563 | 522 | 18.0 |
| Illegitimate | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0.3 |
| Totals | 1,105 | 574 | 531 | 18.3 |
| Still Births :— | Rate per 1,000 total births :— |
| Legitimate | 30 | 15 | IS | j. 27.3 |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | |
| Deaths | 505 (506) | 267 (209) | 238 (237) | — |
| Death Rate 8.4. Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions, 47.3. Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth :— |
| From sepsis. | From other causes. | Total. |
| — | — (1) | — (1) |
| Number of deaths of infants under one year of age :— | Total Infantile Death Rate. |
| Death Rate. |
| Males | | Females. | Total. |
| Legitimate | 28 | | 25 | 53 | 48.8 (47.0) | 53.4 (51.6) |
| Illegitimate | 4 | | 2 | 6 | 300.0 |
| Number of deaths from Measles (all ages) | 15 |
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 9 |
| „ „ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 11 (10) |
| (N.B.—Where the Registrar.General's figures and rates differ from those prepared locally, the former are shown separately in brackets.) |
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