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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 3,824
Population—Registrar-General's estimate mid-year 1953 61,540
Registrar-General's estimate mid-year 1952 61,880
Rateable value £634,410
Sum represented by penny rate £2,560
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year
Live Births:
Legitimate Males 415 Females 354 Total 769
Illegitimate Males 14 Females 8 Total 22
Total Males 429 Females 362 Total 791
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—12.9
Stillbirths:
Legitimate Males 6 Females 4 Total 10
Illegitimate Males 1 Females 0 Total 1
Total Males 7 Females 4 Total 11
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births—13.7.
Deaths:
Males—318. Females—325. Total 643.
Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—10.4
Deaths from puerperal causes:—
Puerperal and post-abortion sepsis —
Other maternal causes —
Total —
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births—Nil.
Deaths of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 25.2
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 24.7
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 45.4
1953 1952
Deaths from Cancer 124 127
„ „ Measles Nil 1
„ „ Whooping Cough Nil 1
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) Nil Nil
„ „ Road Traffic Accidents 3 4
„ „ Suicide 7 3
„ „ Other violent causes 18 10
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