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Section A.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (in acres) 3,896
Population—
Census of 1921 66,809
Census of 1931 77,652
Estimated by the Registrar-General for the mid-year, 1938 103,200
Number of inhabited houses and tenements at the end of 1938 26,056
Number of inhabited houses and tenements at the end of 1937 24,829
Rateable Value, April, 1938 .£734,501
Estimated product of one penny in the £ for the year ending
March 31st, 1939 £2,900
Rates in the £ for the year ending March 31st, 1939 13s. 5d.
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
The extent of unemployment may be estimated by the following figures,
relating to:—
(1) the municipal milk supply to nursing mothers and young children,
(2) the number of free dinners given to schoolchildren, and
(3) the actual figures supplied by the Director of Public Assistance.
Both (1) and (2) are given on purely economic grounds.
(1) Municipal Milk Supply :—
Number of pints granted at 1/4 cost during 1937
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(2) Number of free dinners during 1937
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(3) Figures re out-relief :—
For the year 1937 :—
(a) Ordinary out-relief ...
(b) Unemployed out-relief
For the year 1938 :—
(a) Ordinary out-relief ...
(b) Unemployed out-relief
Live Births.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Birth-rate per 1,000 of population
M.
816
14
F.
774
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