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13
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
The Borough is being steadily developed, mainly residentially,
and during the year 1261 houses were taken into
occupation.
The unemployment figures at the end of the year had
increased slightly as compared with those at the same period
in 1936 there being 1795 men unemployed and 482 women as
compared with 1431 and 476 respectively.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The main vital statistics are shown on pages 12 and 13
and the figures generally are very similar to those of the
previous year, there being a slight increase in the death rate
and a corresponding fall in the birth rate. Infantile mortality,
which reflects the environmental condition of the area more
truly than any other rate remained practically stationai-y,
being 45 per 1000 live births as compared with 60 for London
during the same period and 44 in Hendon during the previous
year.
Attention should be drawn to the apparently high
incidence of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia, but this
figure does not reflect the actual facts as applied to the
Borough but is due to the admission of many such cases to
Redhill Hospital from outlying districts. When adjustment
is made for this fact the rate is reduced from 33.4 to 15.6.
Birth Rate per 1,000
Live Births:— Total. Male. Female, of the estimated
resident population.
Legitimate 1704 876 828
Illegitimate 88 44 44 12.46
1792 920 872