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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area in acres (including half of tidal basin) 20,308
Registrar-General's estimate of the civilian population
(mid-year) 1949 102,300
Registrar-General's estimate of total population (including
non-civilians stationed in the area) (midyear)
1949 103,000
Registrar-General's estimate of civilian population at
31st December, 1949 102,750
Number of inhabited houses (September, 1949) according
to Rate Books 27,911
Rateable Value (September, 1949) £735,158
Sum represented by a Penny Rate (September, 1949) £2,950
Vital Statistics.
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Births.
Number of live births registered in the District as supplied
by the Registrar-General and adjusted for inward
and outward transfers 1,640
(871 males, 769 females)
Birth rate per 1,000 civilian population 16.0
Number of still births registered in the District as supplied
by the Registrar-General and adjusted for inward
and outward transfers 40
(20 males, 20 females)
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 civilian population 0.39
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 23.8
Deaths.
Number of deaths occurring in the District:—
Residents 596
Non-residents 438
Number of deaths of residents occurring outside the
District 319
Total number of deaths of Hornchurch residents
adjusted for inward and outward transfers as compiled
locally 915
NOTE.—The number of deaths supplied by the
Registrar-General are those REGISTERED during
the year and, therefore, differ from adjusted figures
compiled locally.
Death Rate per 1,000 civilian population using area
comparability factor calculated for the purpose of
securing comparability between local death rates 10.6