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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area in acres (land and inland water) 19,768
Registrar-General's estimate of the civilian population
population (mid-year) 1947 99,660
Registrar-General's quarterly estimates of civilian population
for year 1947:—
at 31st March, 1947 99,900
at 30th June, 1947 100,170
at 30th September, 1947 100,930
at 31st December, 1947 101,060
Number of inhabited houses (September 1947) according
to Rate Books 27,866
Rateable Value (September 1947) £698,652
Sum represented by a Penny Rate (September 1947) £2,850
Vital Statistics.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Births.
Number of live births registered in the District as supplied
by the Registrar-General and corrected for inward
and outward transfers 2,064
(1,067 males, 997 females)
Birth rate per 1,000 civilian population 20.7
Number of still births registered in the District as supplied
by the Registrar-General and adjusted1 for inward
and outward transfers 40
(24 males, 16 females)
Still birth rate per 1,000 civilian population 0.40
Still birth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 19.0
Deaths.
Number of deaths occurring in the District:—
Residents 531
Non-residents 93