View report page

13
SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Land and Inland
Area (in Acres) Water 8,4041 8,411
Tidal Water 7
Population (Census 1921) 85,194
(Census 1931) 131,061
(Census 1951) 184,706
Registrar—General's Estimate of resident Population
June 30th 1957 179,600
,, ,, 1958 179,000
,, ,, 1959 178,600
,, ,, 1960 178,520
Number of inhabited houses (April 1st, 1960) according to Rate Books (approx.) 52,539
Rateable Value — April 1st, 1960 (Houses and Land) £3,071,178
Sum represented by a penny rate, April 1st, 1960 (approx.) £12,520
1959-60 1960-61
Combined Rate (all services) 20s.6d. 21s.4d,
in the £ in the £
The following figures as to unemployment were supplied
by the Ministry of Labour:-
Males Females
As at December, 1959 476 72
As at December, 1960 464 74
1960 1959
Live Births 2,512 2,216
Live Birth rate per 1,000 population — Crude rate 14.07 12.41
Adjusted rate 14.07 12.41
Illegitimate Live Births percent of total live births 3.78 3.70
Stillbirths 37 49
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 14.52 21.63
Total Live and stillbirths 2,549 2,265
Infant deaths (under 1 year) 44 33
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births — Total 17.51 14.89
,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,- legitimate 17.51 14.99
,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,-illegitimate 0.00 12.20
Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births (first four weeks) 15.13 12.18
Early Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 total live births
(under one week) 13.14 10.38
Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under one week
combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 27.46 31.78
Maternal deaths (including abortion) 1 Nil
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths 0.39 0.00
Deaths (all causes) 1,970 2,037
Death rate per 1,000 population — Crude rate 11.04 11.41
Adjusted rate 11.26 11.29
Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institntions 48.08 52.91
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 400 387
,, ,, Measles (all ages) Nil Nil
,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil Nil
,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 2 Nil