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9
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
for the Year 1952
Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area
Area (in acres) 9,342
Population: Census (1951), 87,991; Mid. 1952 (Estd.) 99,360
Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1952) 27,533
Rateable Value (end of 1952) £724,120
Product of Penny Rate (end of 1952) £2,721
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year
Total M. F.
Live Births: Legitimate 1,862 923 939
Illegitimate 76 46 30
Birth Rate : 17.9 per 1,000 of
estimated resident population
Still Births: Legitimate 38 23 15
Illegitimate 2 1 1
Rate per 1,000 total (live and
still births): 20.2
Deaths 756 412 344
Death Rate: 9.1 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Rate per 1,000
total (live and
still) births
Deaths from Puerperal causes 0.5
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All Infants per 1,000 live births 25.3
Legitimate Infants for 1,000 legitimate live births 24.7
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 39.5
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 131
Deaths from Measles (all ages)
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) —
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 4