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SECTION A.
VITAL AND OTHER STATISTICS AND SOCIAL
CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Summary of Vital and Other Statistics.
Area (in acres) 20.842
Registrar General's estimate of total population (midyear),
1951 62,850
No. of Inhabited Houses and Flats, according to the
rate books, at the close of the year 18.833
No. of valuation assessments of habitable premises at
the close of the year 18,928
Rateable Value (31st December, 1951) £565,071
Product of a Penny Rate for the year ending 31st
March, 1952 £2,270
#
Live Births.
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Total
905
34
939
Male
465
18
483
Female
440 j
16
456
Birth Rate, 14.9 per 1,000
total population.
Stillbirths.
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Total
24
24
Male
17
Female
7 I
Stillbirth Rate, 0.38 per 1,000
population.
Deaths.
Total
654
Male
321
Female
333 1
Death Rate 10.4 per 1.000
total population.
Deaths from Puerperal Causes.
Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion Nil
Deaths of Infants Under 1 Year of Age.
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Total
17
1
–
18
Male
10
1
–
11
Female
7
–
–
7
Infant Mortality Rate 19.2
per 1,000 Live Births.
Death Rates of Infants Under 1 Year of Age.
All Infants per 1,000 live births 19.2
Legitimate Infants per 1.000 live legitimate births 18.1
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 live illegitimate births 1.06