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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1942.
Area, 12,617 acres.
Population (Census 1931), 233,115. Population (estimated
middle of 1942), 195,600.
Number of Inhabited Houses (1931 Census), 56,429. Overcrowding
Census (1936), 65,550.
Rateable Value (1st April, 1942), £2,519,314.
Product of a Penny Rate (1941—1942), £9,387.
Rate in the £: 12/8d.
Gross expenditure on Health Services (administered
bv Medical Officer of Health) £254,085
Income on Health Services (excluding transfers)
61,238
Net expenditure on Health Services £192,847
Expressed as a Penny Rate, 17.92 pence in the pound.
l ive Births M. F. Total
Legitimate 1,680 1,529 3,209
Illegitimate 147 115 262
3,471
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 17.7.
Still Births 108. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births,
30.18.
Birth-rate per 1,000 (live and still births), 18.3.
Deaths, 2409 (Registrar-General's figures). Death-rate per
1,000 of the estimated resident population, 12.32.
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth,
12; from sepsis, 3; other causes, 9.