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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Area (in Acres) 8,739
Population (Census, 1931) 117,707
Rateable Value, 1st April, 1942 £1,847,254
Net Product of a Penny Rate £7,334
Live Births :—
Legitimate Males, 1,262 Females, 1,317 Total, 2,579
Illegitimate Males, 61 Females 67 Total 128
2,707
Birth-Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population —
Still-Births:—
Males, 49 Females, 38 Total 87
Rate per 1,000 total Births (Live and Still-Births) 31
Deaths : Males, 792 Females, 827 Total 1,619.
Death-Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population —
Death of Infants under one year of age:—
Legitimate Males 73 Females, 43 Total, 116
Illegitimate Males, 8 Females, 7 Total, 15
131
Death-Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All Infants per 1,000 Live Births 48
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 Legitimate Live Births 45
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 Illegitimate Live Births 117
Deaths from Diseases and Accidents of Pregnancy and
Childbirth:—
From Sepsis 2 Death-Rate 1,000 Total Births 0.72
From other Causes 3 „ „ „ 1.07
Total 5 „ ,i „ 1.79
Total
Deaths
Measles —
Whooping Cough 5
Diphtheria 5
Scarlet Fever -
Influenza 11
Tuberculosis of Lungs 97
Other Forms of Tuberculosis 14
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 26