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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE AREA
Area (in acres) 6,556
Registrar General's estimate of resident population, 1950 115,400
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1950) according to
Rate Books 28,431
Rateable value (December 31st, 1950) £654,615
Sum represented by a penny rate (approximate 1950-51) £2,662
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Live Births :—
Total Male Female
Legitimate 1,699 918 781
Illegitimate 74 32 42
Birth rate per 1,000
of the estimated
resident population,
15.36.
Stillbirths
Legitimate 44 25 19
Illegitimate 1 1 —
Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still)
births, 24.75.
Deaths 799 453 346
Death rate per 1,000
of the estimated
resident population,
6.92.
Deaths from pregnancy, childbirth, abortion :—
Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths. (live and still)
births.
Nil Nil
Death rate of infants under one year of age :—
All infants per 1,000 live births 29.33
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 24.72
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 135.14