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STAFF.- The following members were on active service:-
Miss M.McCallum, S.R.N. (Senior Chiropodist).
Mr.R.A.C.Green - Clerk
" A.T.Wade - "
" F.J.Aylward - "
" W.H.Dunn - Ambulance Staff,
and the following temporary appointments were made:-
Miss E.H.Page - Clerk
" V.K.Prime - "
Mrs.M.W.Grimwood - "
Mr.M.Hellman - "
A.- STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 4,343.
Population (Registrar-General's Estimate, mid-year 1940)109,400.
Number of Assessments, 1st,April, 1940. 36,205.
Rateable value £381,962.
Sum represented by penny rate £3,423.
POPULATION.- The Registrar-General's estimate of the
population at mid-year, 1940, is 109,400, a decrease of 20,600
on the previous figure.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.- The Registrar-General's
mid-year, 1940, estimate of population (viz., 109,400) has been
used for the calculation of all vital statistics.
Total
Males
Females
Birth rate per 1000 of
the estimated resident
population 14.3
(
Live (
Births (
Legitimate
1535
800
735
Illegitimate
40
2.0
20
Total
1575
820
755
Stillbirths 42. Rate per 1,000 total (live & still)births 25.3
Deaths 1607. Death rate per.1,000 of the estimated
resident population 14.6
Deaths from puerperal causes:- Rate per 1,000 (live
and still) births.
Puerperal Sepsis Deaths 0
Other Puerperal Causes 1 0.61
Total 1 0.61
Death rate of infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 40.0
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 41.0
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births 25.0
Deaths from Measles (all ages) -
" " whopping Cough (all ages) -
" " Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 8
(All rates are per 1,000 of estimated residential population.)
Comparability factor 1.07
Adjusted death rate 15.6
Ratio of local to national crude death rate 0.91
Zymotic disease death rate 0.10
Pulmonary Tuberculosis death rate 0.53
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis death rate 0.12
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