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8
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
for the Year 1948.
Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area.
Area (in acres) 9,342
Population : Census (1931), 35, 918. Mid. 1948 (Estd.) 72,610
Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1948) 19,979
Rateable Value (end of 1948) £561,954
Product of Penny Rate (end of 1948) £2,212
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Total M. F.
Live Births: Legitimate 1,283 683 600
Illegitimate 54 31 23
Birth Rate : 18.4 per 1,000 of
estimated resident population.
Still Births: Legitimate 25 13 12
Illegitimate 1 — 1
Rate per 1,000 total (live and
still births) : 19.1.
Deaths 597 339 258
Death Rate: 8.2 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Rate per 1,000
Deaths total (live and
Deaths from Puerperal causes still) births
From Puerperal Sepsis — -
Other Puerperal Causes 1 0.7
Total 1 0.7
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age :—
All Infants per 1,000 live births 22.4
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 24.2
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 18.5
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 117
Deaths from Measles (all ages) —
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) —
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 1