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12
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE AREA
Area (in acres) 6,556
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population, 1953 114,000
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1953) according to
Rate Books 29,591
Rateable value (December 31st, 1953) £694,806
Sum represented by a penny rate (approximate 1953-54) £2,819
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Live Births:—
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Stillbirths
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Deaths
Total
1,731
65
Male
892
35
Female
839
30
Birth rate per 1,000 of
the estimated resident
population, 15.75.
37
1
17
20
1
Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still) births,
120.72.
766
438
328
Death rate per 1,000 of
the estimated resident
population, 6.72.
Deaths from pregnancy, childbirth, abortion:—
Deaths.
Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still)
births.
Nil
Nil
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 27.28
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 27.15
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 30.77
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 167
,, ,, Measles (all ages) Nil
Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
,, ,, Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea (all ages) 10