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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1949
Area of Borough (in acres) 1902.766
Population (Registrar-General's estimate 100,550
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1949) according
to Rate Books) 26,681
Rateable Value, 1 April 1949 £1,213,365
Sum represented by a penny rate, gross £5,055
LIVE BIRTHS: Total M. F. Live birth rate per 1000
Legitimate 1681 854 827 estimated resident popu-
Illegitimate. 149 78 71 lation = 18.19.
Total
Live Births 1830 932 898
STILL BIRTHS. 42 23 19 stillbirth rate per. 1000
total (live and still)
Total Births 1872 955 917 births = 22.4.
DEATHS. 1339 751 588 Death rate per 1000
imated resident population
= 13.3.
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 Nill Nil
No.30 Other maternal deaths 1 0.53
DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE. Total M. F.
Legitimate 55 33 22
Illegitimate 4 4 -
Total: 59 37 22
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
All infants per. 1000 live births 32.2
Legitimate infants per 1000 legitimate live births. 32.7
Illegitimate " " " illegitimate " " . 26.8
DEATHS FROM:- Total M. F.
Cancer (all ages) 255 149 106
Measles - - -
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age ) 4 2 2
Tuberculosis of respiratory system 66 48 18
" Other forms 5 4 1
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