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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1953
Area of District in acres 5,935
Civilian Population as estimated by the Registrar-General
at 30th June, 1953 75,120
Civilian population per acre 12.7
Rateable Value at 1st October, 1953 £907,988
Births Registered (Including Stillbirths):
Male Female
Legitimate 448 420
Illegitimate 12 11 Total 891
Birth Rate (Including Stillbirths) per 1,000 of Civilian
Population 12.69
Male Female
Deaths Registered 385 434 Total 819
Death Rate per 1,000 population 9.59
Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births 12.5
Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 births 1.12
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age:
Male Female
Legitimate 7 3
Illegitimate — 1 Total 11
Still Births—
Rate per 1,000 population 0.17
Rate per 1,000 births 14.48
Male Female
Legitimate 7 5
Illegitimate 1 — Total 13
Death Rate per 1,000 of Civilian Population from Cancer
(156 deaths) 2.08
Death Rate per 1,000 of Civilian Population from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis (6 deaths) 0.08
Death Rate per 1,000 of Civilian Population from Non-
Pulmonary Tuberculosis (1 death) 0.01
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