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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
(Land and Inland)
Area (in Acres) ( Water 8,404) 8,411
( Tidal Water 7)
Population (Census 1931) 131,061
(Census 1951) 184,706
(Census 1961) 178,024
Registrar-General's Estimate of resident Populations:-
June 30th 1961 177,760
1962 177,460
1963 176,550
1964 175,490
Number of inhabited houses (April 1st, 1964) according to Rate Books (approx.) 53,469
Rateable Value — April 1st, 1964 £8,863,836
Sum represented by a penny rate, April 1st, 1964 (approx.) £36,600
1963-64 1964-65
Combined Rate (all services) 9s. 6d. 10s. 0d.
in the £ in the£
The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the
Ministry of Labour:-
Males Females
As at December, 1963 477 84
As at December, 1964 452 61
1964 1963
Live Births 2,994 2,751
Live Birth rate per 1,000 population — Crude rate 17.06 15.58
Adjusted rate 17.23 15.74
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 5.61 5.10
Stillbirths 29 40
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 9.95 14.33
Total Live and Stillbirths 3,023 2,791
Infant deaths (under 1 year) 37 56
Total Infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 12.36 20.36
Legitimate " " " legitimate " 12.03 21.06
Illegitimate " " " illegitimate " 17.86 7.14
Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births (first four weeks) 7.68 14.18
Early Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 total live births
(under one week) 7.01 13.9
Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under one
week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 16.54 27.23
Maternal deaths (including abortion) Nil 1
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths 0.00 0.36
Deaths (all cases) 1,937 2,178
Death rate per 1,000 population — Crude rate 11.03 12.34
Adjusted rate 10.59 11.84
Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions 53.27 42.51
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 431 384
" " Measles (all ages) Nil
" " Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
" " Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) Nil Nil