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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 11,142
Registrar-General's estimate of population, mid 1955 65.420
Population, Census 1931 37,666
Population, Census 195163,770
Number of occupied houses, December, 1955 19,401
Number of occupied houses, 19319,533
Number of occupied houses, 1951 18,071
Rateable Value, December, 1955 £838,282
Sum represented by a penny rate £3,350
VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1955.
Birth Rate per 1,000 of the
Total M. F. estimated resident population
Live Births—Legitimate 822 424 398 12.9
do. Illegitimate 21 10 11
Corrected Birth Rate
843 434 409 13.9
Rate per 1,000
(live and still) births.
Still Births—Legitimate 17 6 11 19.8
do. Illegitimate -
17 6 11
Crude Death Rate
per 1,000 of the
estimated resident population
Deaths 917 401 516 140
Corrected Death Rate
12.2
Rate per 1,000
Deaths from puerperal causes:- (live and still) births.
Puerperal Sepsis --
Other Puerperal causes - -
Total - -
Death Rates of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 23.7
Legitimate infants per 1.000 legitimate births 24.3
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 143
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil.
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil.
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) Nil.
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