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STATISTICS
Area (in acres) 3,477
Population, 1947 (Registrar-General's Estimate) 70,710
Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1947) 19,304
Rateable Value (1947) £915,999
Sum represented by a Penny Rate £3,700
Total Live Births 1,319
Birth Rate per 1,000 population 18.65
Birth Rate per 1,000 population (England & Wales) 20.5
Total Stillbirths 25
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 (live & still) births 18.6
Total Deaths 830
Death Rate per 1,000 population 11.74
Death Rate per 1,000 population (England & Wales) 12.0
Infant Deaths 27
Infant Mortality Rate 20.5
Infant Mortality Rate (England & Wales) 41
Maternal Deaths 1
Maternal Mortality Rate 0.74
Maternal Mortality Rate (England & Wales) 1.17
Live Births: Males Females Total
Legitimate 656 599 1.255
Illegitimate 37 27 64
693 626 1,319
Birth rate: 18.65 Per 1.ooo estimated resident population
Stillbirths: Males Females Total
13 12 25
Rate:18.6 per 1,000 (live and still) births.
Deaths: Males Females Total
408 422 830
Rate: 11.74 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Deaths from disease and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth:
From Sepsis —
Other maternal causes 1
Death Rate of infants under one year of age:
All infants per 1,000 live births 20.5
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 19.1
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 46.9
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 140
Deaths from Measles (all ages) —
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 4
POPULATION
The Registrar-General estimated that the population on the 30th June, 1947,. was 70,710, an increase
of 2,040 over 1946.
The following table shows the changes in population over the past 10 years.
1938 65,140
!939 65,740
1940 59,840
1941 58,030
1942 59,990
1943 60,700
!944 59,730
1945 61,370
1946 68,670
1947 70,710
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