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10
ANNUAL REPORT
of Medical Officer of Health for the Year 1938.
Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area.
Area (in acres) 9,342
Population : Census (1931), 35,918. Mid. 1938 (Estd.) 54,600
Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1938) 15,933
Rateable Value (end of 1938) £489,104
Product of Penny Rate (end of 1938) £1,800
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Total M. F.
Live Births: Legitimate 977 500 477
Illegitimate 28 10 18
Birth Rate : 18.4 per 1,000 of
estimated resident population.
Still Births: Legitimate 30 18 12
Illegitimate 2 1 1
Rate per 1,000 total (live and
still) births: 30.9.
Deaths 509 281 228
Death Rate: 10.0 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Rate per 1,000
total (live and
Deaths still) births
Deaths from Puerperal Causes:—
From Puerperal Sepsis 0 0
Other Puerperal Causes 2 1.93
Total 2 1.93
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age
All Infants per 1,000 live births 53.7
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 48.1
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 250.0
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 80
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 6
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 3
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 8