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Area and Rateable Value.
The area of the district is 2,644 acres.
Rateable Value (at 31st December, 1943), £384,246.
Estimated product of a penny rate for 1943, £1,520.

There were no deaths from puerperal sepsis or other puerperal
causes.
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age :—
All Infants per 1,000 live births 25.7
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 Legitimate live births 26.2
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 Illegitimate live births Nil
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 76
„ Measles (all ages) 0
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 2
Infantile Death Rate.
There were 17 deaths of children under one year as compared
with 20 last year, a death rate per 1,000 live births of 25.7. Last
year the figure was 33.3 and for 1941, 48.9.
Prevalence of, and Control over, Infectious Diseases.
With the exception of Mumps, all cases of infectious disease
are now notifiable in the area, and particulars of those cases notified
are given in Table 1.
With regard to Diphtheria, every facility for prompt diagnosis
and treatment is placed at the disposal of local doctors, swabs for
examinations of throat, etc., and a supply of antitoxin are kept in
readiness at the Town Hall. In addition, the Council has now
given facilities for the supply of immunising serum.
Similar facilities for bacteriological diagnosis are available in
cases of Tuberculosis and other Infectious Diseases and full advantage
is taken of them. During the year, reports on the following
swabs sent for bacteriological examination were received :—