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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1938.
Area, 12,617 acres.
Population (Census 1931), 233,115. Population (estimated
middle of 1938), 243,400.
Number of Inhabited Houses (1931 Census), 56,429. Overcrowding
Census (1936), 65,550.
Rateable Value (1st April, 1938), £2,413,024.
Product of a Penny Rate (1938), £9,430.
Rate in the £ (1937-38), 10/10.
Gross expenditure on Health Services
(administered by Medical Officer of
Health) £193,401 11 11
Income on Health Services (excluding
transfers) 19,111 1 2
Net expenditure on Health Services £174,290 10 9
Expressed as a Penny Rate, 18.48d. pence in the pound.
Live Births— M. F. Total.
Legitimate 1,611 1,561 3,172
Illegitimate 99 64 163
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 13.7.
Still Births—95. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births,
27.7.
Deaths—2,496. Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident
population, 10.3.
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth:
From sepsis, 1; other causes, 2.
Maternal mortality: 0.87 per 1,000 total live and still births.