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SECTION A
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (acres) 5,171
Population (census 1931) 22,969
Population (mid-year 1949) Registrar General's
Estimate : Civilian Population Figure 65,980
Number of Inhabited Houses as at 31st December, 1949 17,087
Rateable Value (estimated) as at 31st December, 1949 £424,774
Product of a Penny Rate £1,702 18s. 10.608d.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR
Live Births—
M.
F.
Total Birth Rate per 1,000 of the
1,095 estimated resident popula45)
tion 17.27 &
Legitimate
565
530
Illegitimate
18
27
Stillbirths—
Legitimate
10
7
17 Rate per 1,000 total (live and
— still) births ... 14.9
Illegitimate
—
—
Deaths
267
218
485 Death Rate 7.35 Nil
Deaths from puerperal causes
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age :—
(a) All infants per 1,000 live births 42.98
(b) Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 42.92
(c) Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live
births 44.4
M.
F.
Total
Deaths from Cancer
47
39
86
„ „ Measles
—
1
1
„ „ Whooping Cough
—
-
—
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)
5
1
6
„ „ Tuberculosis of respiratory system
15
10
25
„ „ Tuberculosis—other forms
2
—
2
„ Heart Disease
58
54
112
„ „ Bronchitis
20
6
26
„ „ Pneumonia (all forms)
25
15
40
3