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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
Area (in Acres) 8,783
Population (Census, 1931) 117,707
Population (estimated middle of 1949) 188,700
Rateable Value, 1st April, 1949 £1,863,472
Net Product of a Penny Rate, 1949-50 £7,600
Live Births:—
Legitimate Males, 1,334 Females, 1,252 Total, 2,586
Illegitimate Males, 60 Females, 70 Total, 130
2,716
Birth-Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population 14.4
Still-Births:—
Males, 23 Females, 20 Total 43
Rate per 1,000 total Births (Live and Still-Births) 15.6
Deaths: Males, 919 Females, 953 Total 1,872
Death-Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population 9.9
Deaths of Infants under one year of age:—
Legitimate Males, 29 Females, 25 Total, 54
Illegitimate Males, 2 Females, — Total, 2
56
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All Infants per 1,000 Live Births 21
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 Legitimate Live Births 21
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 Illegitimate Live Births 15
Deaths from Diseases and Accidents of Pregnancy and
Childbirth:—
From Sepsis 2 Death-Rate 1,000 Total Births 0.73
From other Causes 1 „ „ 0.36
Total ..3 „ „ 1.09
Total
Deaths
Measles —
Whooping Cough —
Diphtheria —
Scarlet Fever —
Influenza 13
Tuberculosis of Lungs 70
Other Forms of Tuberculosis 6
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 7