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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 12,558
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population, midyear,
1942
Rateable Value (April 1st, 1943) £2,110,615
Sum repesented by a penny rate (April 1st, 1943) £8,350
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Live Births :—- Total Male Female
Legitimate 3,134 1,579 1,555
Illegitimate 134 76 58
Stillbirths :—
Legitimate 77 37 40
Illegitimate 4 2 2
Deaths ... 1,818 922 896
Birth rate per 1,000 of
the estimated resident
population—
Rate per 1,000 total
(live and stillbirths,
2.4
Death rate per 1,000 of
the estimated resident
population—
Deaths from puerperal causes :—
Deaths
Puerperal sepsis 2
Other puerperal causes 3
Total 5
Rate per 1,000
total (live and
still) births
0.60
0.90
1.50
Death rate of Infants under one year of age :—
All infants per 1,000 live births 31.5
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 29.7
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 74.6
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 301
,, ,, Measles (all ages) 2
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) 2
,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 8
Population.
The Registrar General's estimate of the 1942 mid-year population
is a slight decline on the previous year's figure. This is unexpected
in view of the increasing extent to which it has been found that subletting
of houses is occurring and the occuring at times of gross crowding.
The movement of population is apparently less than in the previous
year as judged by the information kindly given by the Food Officer of
the children under six years of age who move into and out of the district.
Deaths.
Of the 1,013 deaths in the district, 92 occurred among non-residents.
As there were 897 inward transfer deaths, the total number of deaths of