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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS,
Area (in Acres) 8,739
Population (Census, 1931) 117,707
Population (estimated middle of 1944) 155,580
Rateable Value, 1st April, 1944 £1,872,491
Net Product of a Penny Rate £7,804
Live Births :— .
Legitimate Males, 1,484 Females, 1,373 Total, 2,857
Illegitimate Males, 85 Females, 82 Total, 167
3,024
Birth-Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population 19.4
Still-Births
Males, 39 Females, 39 Total 78
Rate per 1,000 total Births (Live and Still-Births) 25
Deaths : Males, 825 Females, 866 Total 1,691
Death-Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population 10.9
Deaths of Infants under one year of age :-
Legitimate Males, 68 Females, 48 Total, 116
Illegitimate Males, 4 Females, 3 Total, 7
123
Death-Rate of Infants under one year of age :—*
All Infants per 1,000 Live Births 41
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 Legitimate Live Births 41
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 Illegitimate Live Births 42
Deaths from Diseases and Accidents of Pregnancy and
1 Childbirth :—
From Sepsis 1 Death-Rate 1,000 Total Births 0.32
From other Causes 2 „ „ „ 0.65
Total 3 „ „ „ 0.97
Total
Deaths
Measles —
Whooping Cough 2
Diphtheria 1
Scarlet Fever 1
Influenza 12
Tuberculosis of Lungs 66
Other Forms of Tuberculosis 5
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 12