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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 6,556
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population, 1944 91,770
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1944) according to
Rate Books 25,629
Rateable value (December 31st, 1944) £599,024
Sum represented by a penny rate (approximate, 1944-45) £2,330
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Live Births:—
Total Male Female
Legitimate 1,948 1,043 905 Birth rate per 1,000
of the estimated
Illegitimate 95 51 44 resident population,
22.26.
Stillbirths:—
Legitimate 44 28 16 Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still)
Illegitimate 2 2 — J births, 22.02.
Death rate per 1,000
of the estimated
Deaths 717 412 305 president population,
Deaths from puerperal causes—
Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths. (live and still)
births.
Puerperal sepsis 1 0.48
Other puerperal causes .. .. 1 0.48
Total 2 0.96
Death rate of Infants under one year of age :—
All infants per 1,000 live births 39-16
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births.. .. 39.53
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births .. 31.58
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 112
„ „ Measles (all ages) —
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 4
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) .. .. 10