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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 8,957
Registrar-General's estimate of population, mid-1941 60,610
Number of occupied houses, December, 1941 17,110
Rateable Value of District, December, 1941 £548,158
Sum represented by a penny rate, December, 1941 £2,000
VITAL STATISTICS.
Live births—
Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated
population.
Total M. F.
Legitimate 854 452 402
Illegitimate 31 14 17
885 466 419 14.6
Rate per 1,000 (live and
still births).
Still births 19 10 9 21.0
Rate per 1,000 of estimated
Deaths 694 343 351 11.4
Deaths from Puerperal causes:
Rate per 1,000 total (live and
Deaths till births).
Puerperal sepsis 1 1.16
Other puerperal causes 2 2.32
Infant deaths: —
All infants 44 Rate per 1,000 live births 52
Legitimate
infants 41 Rate per 1,000 legitimate live births 50
Illegitimate
infants 3 Rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births 96
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 114
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 4
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 5
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 6