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General engineering, motor engineering, aircraft construction
and their allied trades were almost working to
capacity. The distributive trade also was brisk, and unemployment
in this category was largely among elderly applicants
and married women. The manager of the Employment
Exchange comments that there is little scope in this
district for married women, either in factory or shop.
(iii) Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Live Births—
Birth Rate (R.G.)
per 1,000 pop. 13.2
Total Male Female
Legitimate 487 247 240
Illegitimate 41 20 21
Totals 528 267 261
Still Births—
Total
Legitimate 15
Illegitimate
Total
Deaths—
Male Female
9 6
15
Total
468
Male Female
243 225
Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still) births
27.62
Death Rate (R.G.)
per 1,000 pop. 11.76
Death Rate corrected for age and sex constitution,
10.34 per thousand population (factor for correction 0.88,
1931 Census).
Deaths from puerperal causes—
Deaths
Puerperal Sepsis 1
Other Puerperal Causes —
Rate per 1.000 total
(live and still) births
1.84
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births 43.5
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 41.0
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 73.1
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 92
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 6