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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
(Land and Inland)
Area (in Acres) Warter 8,404 8,411
(Tidal Water.. 7)
Population (Census1931) 131,061
(Census 1951) 184,706
(Census 1961) 178,024
Registrar-General's Estimate of resident Population:-
June 30th 1960 178,520
„ 1961 177,760
„ 1962 177,460
„ 1963 176,550
Number of inhabited houses (April 1st, 1963) according to Rate Books (approx.) 53,201
Rateable Value - April 1st, 1963 £8,713,600
Sum represented by a penny rate, April 1st, 1963 (approx.) £36,
1962-63 1963-64
Combined Rate (all services) 25s.0d. 9s. 6d.
in the £ in the £
* Following National re-rating.
The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the
Ministry of Labour:—
Males Females
As at December, 1962 706 109
As at December, 1963 477 84
1963 1962
Live Births 2,751 2,539
Live Birth rate per 1,000 population — Crude rate 15.58 14.31
Adjusted rate 15.74 14.31
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 5.10 4.49
Stillbirths 40 53
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 14.33 20.44
Total Live and Stillbirths 2,791 2,592
Infant deaths (under 1 year) 56 45
Total Infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 20.36 17.72
Legitimate " " " legitimate " 21.06 18.14
Illegitimate " " " illegitimate " 7.14 8.77
Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births (first four weeks) 14.18 13.78
Early Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 total live births
(under one week) 13.9 11.42
Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under one week
combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 27.23 31.64
Maternal deaths (including abortion) 1 1
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths 0.36 0.39
Deaths (all causes) 2,178 2,143
Death rate per 1,000 population — Crude rate 12.34 12.08
Adjusted rate 11.84 12.08
Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions 42.51 52.41
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 384 438
" " Measles (all ages) 1 Nil
" Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil Nil
" Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) Nil Nil