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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 1960 61,500
Census—April, 1961 61,259
Registrar General's Estimate mid-year 1961 61,230
Rateable Value £1,063,523
Sum represented by penny rate £4,379
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year
LIVE BIRTHS
Legitimate Males 395 Females 369 Total 764
Illegitimate Males 19 Females 18 Total 37
Total Males 414 Females 387 Total 801
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population - 13.07
STILLBIRTHS
Legitimate Males 1 Females 8 Total 9
Illegitimate Males — Females 1 Total 1
Total Males 1 Females 9 Total 10
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 12.3
DEATHS
Males 332 Females 391 Total 723
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 17.5
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 18.3
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births —
1960 1961
Deaths from Cancer 157 137
,, ,, Measles Nil Nil
Whooping Cough Nil Nil
,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) Nil Nil
,, ,, Road Traffic Accidents 13 7
Suicide 14 9
,, ,, Other Violent Causes 13 8
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