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9
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
for the Year 1953
Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area
Area (in acres) 9,342
Population: Census (1951), 88,002; Mid. 1953 (Estd.) 104,100
Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1953) 28,480
Rateable Value (end of 1953) £751,317
Product of Penny Rate (end of 1953) £2,924
Death Rate: 10.5 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Rate per 1,000
total (live and
still) births
Deaths from Puerperal causes 1.5
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All Infants per 1,000 live births 31.6
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 32.8
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 0.
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 139
Deaths from Measles (all ages) —
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) —
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 5