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STATISTICAL CONDITIONS OF THE ARBA.
Area (in statute acres) land and inland water 3,324
Population. Census. - 1931 142,394
Estimated Civilian Population-1942 89,200
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1942, according to
rate books. (Including terements and shops.)Approx 27,000
Rateable value at 31st December, 1942 £704,117
Sum represented by a penny rate for the year 1942/43. £2,550.
Extracts from Vital Statistics.
For Birth Rate.
Total. Males. Female s.
Live (Legitimate 1,487 788 699
Births. (Illfigitamsfce 66 35 31
Still (Legitimate 66 38 28
Births. (Illegitimate 3 1 2
Deaths: Total: 1, 157. Males: 635 Females: 522
Deaths from Puerperal causes:-
Rate per 1,000 Total
Deaths. (Live and Still Births . )
Puerperal Sepsis 2 1.23
Other purperal causes 4 2.46
6 3.69
Death Rate of infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 54
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate
live births 55
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate
live biths 29
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 218
Deaths from Measles(all ages) 2
Deaths from Whopping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age). 13
Still Births.
Still births registered numbered 69 compared with 38 for
1941. The rate per 1^000 total (live and still) births was 42.5
the figure for the previous year being 29.1.
Births.
The number of live births registered was 1,553 compared with
1,267 for the year 1941, equivalent to a birth rate of 17.4 per
1,000 of the Registrar General's estimated population. The rate
for 1941 was 15.81.
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