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STATISTICAL CONDITIONS 0F THE AREA.
Area (in statute acres ) land and inland water
Population. Census. 1931 142,394
Estimated Civilian Population 1943 92,800
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1S43, according to
rate books. (Including tenements and shops.) Approx. 31,000
Rateable value at 31st December, 1943 £704,117
Sum represented by a penny rate for the year 1943/44. £2,706
Extracts from Vital Statistics.
For Birth Rate
Total.
Males.
Females.
Live
Births.
Legitimate
1,794
921
873
Illegitimate
71
46
25
Still
Births.
Legitimate
49
27
22
Illegitimate
1
1
Deaths:
Total: 1,232
Males: 705.
Females: 527.
Deaths from Puerperal causes:-
Deaths .
Rate per 1,000 Total
(Live and Still Births.)
Puerperal Sepsis
3
1.56
Other Puerperal causes
2
1.04
5
2.60
Death Rate of infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 48
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate
live births 47
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 56
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 213
Deaths from Measles(all ages) 1
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 11
Still Births. <
Still births registered numbered 50 compared with 69 for
19.42. The rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births was 26.1
the figure for the previous year being 42.5.
Births
The number of live births registered was 1,865 compared with 1,553
for the year 1942, equivalent to a birth rate of 20.09 per 1,000 of the
Registrar General's estimated population. The rate for 1942 was 17.4.
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