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SECTION A.
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, 1933) (Registrar-General's Estimate) 68,840
Number of Inhabited Houses, March, 1934, according to Rate Rooks :—
Houses 16,695
Shops 1,213
Total 17,908
Population Density, i.e., No. of persons per acre 16.8
Rateable Value—General £624,039 0 0
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,140 0 0
Education rates : —
Elementary
Secondary
Included in General Rate Figure
4 0
General Rate 13 8
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Live Births :— Total. Males. Females. Birth Rate.
Legitimate 1,175 616 559 17.0
Illegitimate 29 9 20 0.4
Totals 1,204 625 579 17.4
Stillbirths :—
Rate per 1,000
total births :—
Legitimate 44 25 19
Illegitimate 1 1
Deaths 524 284 240
Death Rate 7.6. Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions, 46.7
37.2
Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths from puerperal causes :— Deaths, (live and still) births.
Puerperal sepsis 5(4) 3.31
Other puerperal causes
Totals 5(4) 3.31
Number of deaths of infants under one year of age :— Total Infantile
Death Death
Males. Females. Total. Rate. Rate.
Legitimate 39 27 66 56.1
Illegitimate 1 — 1 34.4
55 6
Number of deaths from Measles (all ages)
,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 2(3)
,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 17
(N.B.—Where the Registrar-Geneial's figures and rates differ from those prepared locally,
the former are shown separately in brackets.)