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STATISTICS & SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 8,957
Registrar-General's estimate of population, mid-
1945 59,170
Number of occupied houses, December 1945 17,500
Rateable Value, December 1945 £535,405
Sum represented by a penny rate, December 1945 £2,050
VITAL STATISTICS.
Birth Rate per 1.000 of
estimated resident population.
Live Births:
Total.
M.
F.
Legitimate
979
494
485
Illegitimate
58
32
26
Total
1,037
526
511
17.5
Rate per 1,000 (live and
still) births.
Stillbirths
28
16
12
26.2
Death Rate per 1,000 of
estimated resident population.
Deaths
602
309
293
10.1
Deaths.
Rate per 1.000 total (live
and still) births.
Deaths from puerperal causes:
Puerperal sepsis
-
-
Other puerperal causes
2
1.8
Total
2
1.8
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 32
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births 34
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births . Nil
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 40
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) Nil