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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 1959 61,620
Registrar-General's estimate mid-year 1958 61,220
Rateable Value £1,042,948
Sum represented by penny rate £4,251
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year
LIVE BIRTHS
Legitimate Males 339 Females 354 Total 693
Illegitimate Males 14 Females 13 Total 27
Total Males 353 Females 367 Total 720
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population— 11.7
STILLBIRTHS
Legitimate Males 14 Females 3 Total 17
Illegitimate Males— Females 1 Total 1
Total Males 14 Females 4 Total 18
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births— 24.4
DEATHS
Males 325 Females 367 Total 692
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population— 11.5
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 25.0
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 21.6
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 111.1
1958 1959
Deaths from Cancer 127 121
„ „ Measles Nil Nil
„ „ Whooping Cough Nil Nil
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) Nil Nil
„ „ Road Traffic Accidents 4 7
„ „ Suicide 9 10
„ „ Other Violent Causes 17 12
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