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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 11,142
Registrar-General's estimate of population, mid. 1954 64,650
Population, Census 1931 37,666
Population, Census 1951 63,770
Number of occupied houses, December, 1954 18,895
Number of occupied houses, 1931 9,533
Number of occupied houses, 1951 18,071
Rateable Value, December, 1954 £818,926
Sum represented by a penny rate £3,240
VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1954.
Birth Rate per 1,000 of the
Total M. F. estimated resident population
Live Births—Legitimate 811 405 406 12.9
do. Illegitimate 23 16 7
Corrected Birth Rate
834 421 413 13.9
Rate per 1,000
(live and still) births.
Still Births—Legitimate 18 6 12 13.2
do. Illegitimate - - -
18 6 12
Crude Death Rate
per 1,000 of the
estimated resident population
Deaths 914 402 512 14.1
Corrected Death Rate
12.3
Rate per 1,000
Deaths from puerperal causes (live and still) births.
Puerperal Sepsis - -
Other Puerperal causes 1 1.17
Total 1 1.17
Death Rates of Infants under one year of age :—
All infants per 1,000 live births 10.8
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births 11.1
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 142
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil.
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil.
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) Nil.
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