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STATISTICAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in statute acres) land and inland water - 3,324
Population. Census - 1931 142,394
Estimated Civilian Population - 1940 110,000
* Number of inhabited houses (end of 1940 according to
rate books. (Including tenements and shops.)Approx. 33,000
Rateable value at 1st April, 1941 £736,130
* Sum represented by a penny rate for the year 1940/41 £2,924
* Based upon normal conditions in the Borough.
Extracts from Vital Statistics.
For Birth Rate.
For Infant & Maternal
Mortality.
Total
Males
Females
Males
Females
Total
Live Legitimate
1,527
775
752
724
716
1,440
Births. Illegitimate
45
20
25
20
25
45
Still Births
35
25
10
23
10
33
Deaths
Totals 1,684: Males, 894. Females, 790.
Deaths from Puerperal causes:-
Deaths. Rate per 1,000 Total
(Live still births.)
Puerperal Sepsis 1 0.62
Other Puerperal causes 2 1.24
3 1.86
Death rate of infants under one year of ages:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 41
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 39
Illegitimate " " " illegitimate " " 111
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 208
Deaths from Measles(all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 5
Still Births.
Still births registered numbered 35 compared with 57 for 1939
The rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births was 21.7, the
figure for the previous year being 29.9.
Births.
The number of live births registered was 1,572 compared with
1,845 for the year 1939, equivalent to a birth rate of 14.29 per
1,000 of the Registrar General's estimated population. The rate
fac 1939 was 14.4.
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