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SECTION A j
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 3,824
Population—Registrar-General's estimate mid-year 1960 61,500
Registrar-General's estimate mid-year 1959 61,620
Rateable Value £1,077,158
Sum represented by penny rate £4,315
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year
LIVE BIRTHS
Legitimate Males 407 Females 372 Total 779
Illegitimate Males 14 Females 14 Total 28
Total Males 421 Females 386 Total 807
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population - 13.1
STILLBIRTHS
Legitimate Males 5 Females 3 Total 8
Illegitimate Males 1 Females 2 Total 3
Total Males 6 Females 5 Total 11
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births - 13.4
DEATHS
Males 370 Females 368 Total 738
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population - 12.0
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 19.8
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 19.2
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 35.7
1960 1959
Deaths from Cancer 157 121
„ „ Measles Nil Nil
„ „ Whooping Cough Nil Nil
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) Nil Nil
„ „ Road Traffic Accidents 13 7
„ „ Suicide 14 10
„ „ Other Violent Causes 13 12
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