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SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Area (in acres) 3,477
Population (estimated) on 30.6.44 59,730
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1944) 18,999
Rateable Value (1st April, 1944) £905,307
Sum represented by a penny rate £3,772
EXTRACTS PROM VITAL STATISTICS.
Live Births:
Total.
Males.
Females.
Legitimate
982
509
473
Illegitimate
55
29
26
Birth rate, 17.36 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Stillbirths:
Total.
Males.
Females.
33
14
19
Rate, 30.84 per 1,000 (live and still) births.
Deaths:
Total.
Males.
Females.
830
397
433
Rate, 13.89 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth:
From sepsis 1
Other maternal causes 3
Death-rate of infants under one year of age:
All infants per 1,000 live births 32.79
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 27.49
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 127.27
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 159
Deaths from Measles (all ages) –
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 5
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 5