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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 11,142
Registrar-General's estimate of population, 1948 62,730
Population, Census 1931 37,666
Number of occupied houses, December, 1948 17,203
Number of occupied houses, 1931 9,533
Rateable Value, December, 1946 £748,709
Sum represented by a penny rate £3,017
VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1948
Total M. F.
Birth Rate per 1,000 of the
estimated resident population.
Live Births—Legitimate 887 478 409
do. Illegitimate 30 14 16
917 492 425
14.6
Rate per 1,000
{live and still) births.
Still Births—Legitimate 16 8 8
do. Illegitimate - - -
17.1
Death Rate per 1,000 of the
estimated resident population.
Deaths 545 269 21t
8.7
Rate per 1,000
(live and still) births.
Deaths from Puerperal causes:—
Puerperal Sepsis — —
Other Puerperal causes 1 1.07
Total 1 1.07
Death Rates of Infants under one year of age:—
AH infants per 1,000 live births 26
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births 26
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births 33
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 92
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 1
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