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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1948
Area of Borough (in acres) 1902.766
Population (Registrar-General's last estimate) 100,020
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1948) according
to Rate Books 25,130
Rateable Value, 1 April 1948 £1,215,511
Sum represented by a penny rate, gross £5,065
LIVE BIRTHS. TOTAL M. F. Live birth rate per 1000
Legitimate 1942 - - estimated resident popu-
Illegitimate 187 - lation - 21.2.
Total Live
Births: 2129 1095 1034
STILL BIRTHS. 42 19 23 Stillbirth rate per. 1000
total (live and still)
Total Births: 2171 1114 1057 births - 21.7.
DEATHS. 1202 680 522 Death rate per 1000
estimated resident
population - 12.0.
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES.
(Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's short list):
Deaths Rate per 1000 total
(live & still) births
No.29 Puerperal sepsis Nil Nil
No.30 Other puerperal causes " "
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
All infants per 1000 live births 27.7
Legitimate infants per 1000 legitimate live births 28.3
Illegitimate " " " illegitimate " " 21.3
DEATHS FROM:- Cancer (all ages) 236
Measles " "
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 8
Tuberculosis of respiratory system 68
Do. Other forms 3
Note:- Subject to correction after publication
of Registrar-General's figures for 1948.
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