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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1931.
Area 12,617 acres.
Population (Census 1931), 233,115. Population (estimated
middle of 1931), 233,800
Number of Inhabited Houses (1931 Census), 56,429.
Rateable Value (1st April, 1931), £1,961,171.
Product of a Penny Rate (1930-31), £7,668.
Rate in the £ (1930-31), 9s. 8d. (Addington Ward only,
9s. 5d.).
Gross expenditure on Health Services (administered
by Medical Officer of Health) £88,535 4 4
Income on Health Services 5,802 13 1
Net expenditure on Health Services £82,732 11 3
The changes caused by the Local Government Act, 1929,
prevent any true comparison of the financial figures for 1929-30
and 1930-31. The net expenditure of the Public Health Department
for 1929-30 was £52,721. The excess of £30,011 in 1930-31
is largely accounted for by the discontinuation of Government
grants and the payment by the local authority to voluntary
associations, of grants formerly paid directly by the Government.
Live Births— M. F. Total.
Legitimate 1,711 1,525 3,236
Illegitimate 100 64 164
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population,
14.6.
Still Births—101. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births,
14.9.
Deaths—2,674. Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident
population, 11.4.
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth:
From sepsis, 11; other causes, 12.