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Several open spaces have been acquired as Public Parks,
the total area devoted to this purpose being 190 acres.
The district is healthy and the houses, on the whole, in
very good repair. No areas can be called slums, any houses
in this category having been dealt with by demolition orders
from time to time.
The unemployment figures for the year show a very
gratifying fall throughout the year, the reduction month by
month being very consistent. 1,566 unemployed were registered
for January, 1933, and 698 for December.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of thf: Year.
Total M. F.
Live Births—
Legitimate 518 287 231
Illegitimate 13 5 8 Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 18.4.
Stillbirths—
Legitimate 16 8 8 Rate per 1,000 total live and still births 29.2.
Deaths 207 118 89 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident
population 7.2.
Deaths from puerperal causes:— Rate per 1,000
total (live and
Deaths. still) births.
Puerperal sepsis 1 1.83
Other puerperal causes Nil 0.00
Total 1 1.83
Death rate of Infants under one year of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births 47
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live
births 46.3
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live
births 77.0
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
Deaths from Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) 2
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