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POPULATION.
The population as estimated by the Registrar General at the
middle of the year was 92,760.
The number of inhabited houses at the end of 1944, according
to the Rate Books, was 29,820.
The rateable value of the District is £918,498
The net product (after allowing for cost of
collection) of a penny rate is £3,717 15s. 9d.
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
The number of houses erected during the course of the year
was 1.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.
Live Births:— Total Male. Female.
Legitimate 1,886 993 893
Illegitimate 65 35 30
Birth-rate—21.03 per 1,000 population.
Still Births:— Total. Male. Female
Legitimate 30 14 16
Illegitimate 5 4 1
Rate per 1,000 total births—17.62.
Total. Male. Female.
Deaths 987 513 474
Death-rate—-10.64 per 1,000 population.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth:—
Rate per 1,000
Deaths. Total Births.
From Puerperal Sepsis 0 0.00
From other Puerperal causes 0 0.00
0 0.00
Death-rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 29.21
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 28.10
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 61.53
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 150
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 0
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 4
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 8