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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR 1930.
Population—
At the Census, 1921 46,&64
Registrar-General's Estimate of nett 63,070 (Birth rate)
Civil Population (to mid. 1929) 62,240 (Death rate)
Local Estimate of Population 80,000
Births— Total Male Female
Live Births—Legitimate 1167 625 542
Illegitimate 39 25 14
Birth Rate—
On Registrar-General's population figure 19.12
On local estimate population figure 15.07
Total Male Female
Still births 44 24 20
Rate per 1000 total births 36.48
Deaths— Total Male Female
647 328 319
Death Rate (corrected)—
On Registrar-General's population figure 9.59
On local estimate population figure 7.52
Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions
42.65
Number of women dying in, or in from sepsis 6
consequence of, childbirth ) from other causes 2
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births—
Legitimate 44.55 Illegitimate 205
Infantile Mortality Rate 49.75
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 8
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 0
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 14
Area 6,851 acres
Number of inhabited houses (Census, 1921) 8,790
„ 31/12/30 17,471
„ of families or separate occupiers (1921) 9,893
Rateable value (at 31/12/30) £508,245
Sum represented by a penny rate during the year
1930-31 £2,003