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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1935.
Area 12,617 acres.
Population (Census 1931), 233,115. Population (estimated
middle of 1935), 242,100.
Number of Inhabited Houses (1931 Census), 56,429. Overcrowding
Census (1936), 65,550.
Rateable Value (1st April, 1935), £2,247,243.
Product of a Penny Rate (1935), £8,679.
Rate in the £ (1934-35), 10/-
Gross expenditure on Health Services
(administered bv Medical Officer of
Health) £139,555 16 5
Income on Health Services (excluding
transfers) 13,206 17 8
Net expenditure on Health Services £126,348 18 9
Expressed as a Penny Rate, 14.56 pence in the pound.
Live Births—M.F. Total.
Legitimate 1,654 1,489 3,143
Illegitimate 82 63 145
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 13.6.
Still Births—103. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births,
30.4.
Deaths—2,453. Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident
population, 10.1.
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth
: From sepsis, 7: other causes, 3.
Maternal mortality: 2.9 per 1,000 total live and still births.