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SUMMARY of VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1939.
Area, 12,617 acres.
Population (Census 1931) 233,115. Population (estimated middle of
1939) (a) for Birth Rate 243,900 (b) For Death Rate 232,800
Number of Inhabited Houses (1931 Census) 56,429. Overcrowding
Census (1936), 65,550.
Rateable Value (1st April 1938) £2413,024.
Product of a Penny Rate (1938-1939) £9,601.
Rate in the £. 11/4d.
Gross expenditure on Health Services
(administered by Medical Officer
of Health) 213,069 0 11
Income on Health Services (excluding
transfers) 23,864 4 9
Net expenditure on Health Services £189,204 16 2
Expressed as a Penny Rate, 19.71d. pence in the pound.
Live Births- M. F. Total.
Legitimate 1,676 1,548 3,224
Illegitimate 90 90 180
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 14.0
Still Births 107. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. 30.5
Birth rate per 1,000 (live and still births) 14.4
Deaths 2557 rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 11.0
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth: From
sepsis 1; other causes 3.
Maternal mortality: Q.18 per 1,000 total live and still births.
Death-rate of Infants under one year of age- (130 deaths,3340 births)
All Infants per 1,900 live births 38
Legitimate Infants (119 deaths) per 1,000 live births 36
Illegitimate Infants (11 deaths)per 1,000 live births 62
Deaths from Influenza 48 Deaths from Diphtheria (all 16
" " Measles (all ages) - ages)
" " Whooping Cough Typhoid or Paratyphoid Fever 2
(all ages) 3 pneumonia 151
Diarrhœa(under 2 10 Cancer 414
years of ago) 19
Deaths from diseases of Cardiac and Circulatory System (including
Cerebral Haemorrhage) 4.22
Deaths from diseases of the Respiratory System (including
Tuberculosis) 1.29
Deaths from diseases of Renal System 0.27
Deaths from diseases of Digestive System 0.55
Deaths from Suicide and Accidents 0.45
Deaths from Old Age 0.40
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