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STATISTICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OP THE AREA
SOCIAL
Area (in statute acres) land and water 3,324
Population, Census-April 1951 120,873
Estimated civilian population-Mid. 1955 116,100
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1955 according
to rate books) (including tenements and shops) 31,910/
Rateable value at 31st December, 1955 £ 790,509
Sum represented by a penny rate for the year 1955/6 £ 3, 267
/ Excludes factories, cinemas government properties, corporation properties
(offices and works), utility undertakings and other miscellaneous
herlditaments not actually occupied as dwellings.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS,
Males Females Total
Live Births Legitimate 699 682 1,381
Live Births Illegitimate 32 28 60
Totals 731 710 1,441
Still Births Legitimate 25 13 38
Illegitimate 2 1 3
Totals 27 14 41
Birth Rate per 1,000 population 12.4
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 population. 0.35
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 Total
(Live and Still) Births 27.6
Deaths Males 628
Females 530
Total 1,158
Death Rate per 1,000 population 9.9
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 246
Deaths from Puerperal causes:-
Rate per 1,000 Total
(Live and Still)
Deaths Births
Puerperal Sepsis - -
Other Maternal Causes 1 0.67
Total 1 0.67
Death Rates of infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 24.2
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 24.6
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illigitimate live births 16.6