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9
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
for the Year 1954
Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area
Area (in acres) 9,342
Population: Census (1951), 88,002; Mid. 1954 (Estd.) 105,900
Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1954) 29,282
Rateable Value (end of 1954) £774,444
Product of Penny Rate (end of 1954) £2,956
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year
Total M. F.
Live Births: Legitimate 1,857 984 873
illegitimate 73 30 43
Birth Rate: 153 per 1,000 of estimated
resident population.
Still Births: Legitimate 39 22 17
Illegitimate — — —
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still
births): 19 8.
Deaths 682 359 323
Death Rate: 91 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Rate per 1,000
total (live and
still) births
Deaths from Puerperal causes 0.0
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age: —
All Infants per 1,000 live births 20.7
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 21.0
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 13.8
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 145
Deaths from Measles (all ages) -
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) —
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 1