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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1936.
Area 12,617 acres.
Population (Census 1931), 233,115. Population (estimated
middle of 1936), 241,739.
Number of Inhabited Houses (1931 Census), 56,429. Overcrowding
Census (1936), 65,550.
Rateable Value (1st April, 1936), £2,287,851.
Product of a Penny Rate (1936), £8,864.
Rate in the £ (1935-36), 10/-.
Gross expenditure on Health Services
(administered by Medical Officer of
Health) £154,013 5 1
Income on Health Services (excluding
transfers) 12,858 8 9
Net expenditure on Health Services £141,154 16 4
Expressed as a Penny Rate, 15.92d. pence in the pound.
Live Births— M. F. Total.
Legitimate 1,590 1,478 3,068
Illegitimate 85 95 180
Birth-rate per 1.000 of the estimated resident population, 13.4.
Still Births—125. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births,
37.1.
Deaths—2,590. Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident
population, 10.7.
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth
: From sepsis, 5; other causes, 8.
Maternal mortality: 3.85 per 1,000 total live and still births.