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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 8,957
Registrar-General's estimate of population, mid1944
57,470
Number of occupied houses, December, 1944 18,000
Rateable Value, December, 1944 £533,200
Sum represented by a penny rate, Decembr, 1944 £2,120
VITAL STATISTICS.
Live Births :
Total M. F. Birth Rate per 1,000 of
estimated resident
population.
Legitimate 1,092 565 527
Illegitimate 60 26 34
Total 1,152 591 561 20.0
Rate per 1,000 (live
and still) births.
Still-births 22 13 9 18.7
Death Rate per 1,000 of
estimated resident
population.
Deaths 617 336 281 10.7
No. of Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths from Puerperal causes : (live and still) births.
Puerperal sepsis Nil —
Other Puerperal causes 1 0.8
Total 1 0.8
Deaths of Infants under 1 year:
Rate per 1,000 live births.
All Infants 30 26
Rate per 1,000 legitimate
live births.
Legitimate Infants 28 25
Rate per 1,000 illegitimate
live births.
Illegitimate Infants 2 33
Deaths from: Cancer (all ages) 89
Measles (all ages) 1
Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 5