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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 1956 61,130
Registrar-General's estimate mid-year 1955 61,380
Rateable Value £1,020,398
Sum represented by penny rate £4,070
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year
LIVE BIRTHS
Legitimate Males 326 Females 329 Total 655
Illegitimate Males 11 Females 11 Total 22
Total Males 337 Females 340 Total 677
Rirth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—11.2
STILLBIRTHS
Legitimate Males 3 Females 7 Total 10
Illegitimate Males — Females — Total —
Total Males 3 Females 7 Total 10
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births—14.5
DEATHS
Males—338 Females—387 Total—725
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population— 11.8
Deaths from puerperal causes:—
Puerperal and post-abortion sepsis —
Other maternal causes —
Deaths of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 26.6
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 24.4
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 90.9
1955 1956
Deaths from Cancer 119 135
„ „ Measles Nil Nil
„ „ Whooping Cough Nil Nil
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) Nil Nil
„ „ Road Traffic Accidents 7 2
„ „ Suicide 6 9
„ „ Other violent causes 6 18
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