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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
(See also Page 26)
(1) GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 4,174
Population (1931 Census) 51,277
+ Population (June, 1938) (Registrar-
General's Estimate) 76,790
Number of Inhabited Houses, March, 1940,
according to Rate Books;-
Houses 18,906
Shops 1,377
Total 20,283
Rateable Value - General £732,526 0 0
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,984 11 4
General Rate 15s. 6d.
+ This figure has been affected considerably by
evacuation, etc.
(2) VITAL STATISTICS.
Net deaths belonging to the district 569
Death Rate 7.41
Net live births belonging to the district 1,009
Birth Rate 13.14
Net still-births belonging to the district 34
Still-birth rate per 1,000 total births 32.6
Number of deaths of infants under one year
of age 38
Infantile Death Rate 37.66
Number of maternal deaths 2
Maternal Mortality Rate 1.92
N. B. The official figures had not been received from the
Registrar-General at the time this report was
prepared. The figures quoted are purely local
figures and may be subject to correction.
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