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STATISTICAL SUMMARY
for the Year 1938
Area in acres 7,007
Population (as extended—census, 1931) 79,376
Resident population—estimated to mid-year, 1938 (as supplied
by the Registrar General) 96,550
Number of inhabited houses (1938) 28,210
Rateable value (31st December, 1938) £1,011,085
Sum represented by a penny rate £3,965 1s. 8d.
Total M. F.
Live births: Legitimate 1,336 717 619
1,395
Illegitimate 59 26 33
Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population 14.4
Total M. F.
Still births : Legitimate 50 32 18
Illegitimate 2 2 -
Still birth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 35.9
M. F.
Deaths: 487 470 957
Crude death rale per 1,000 of estimated resident population 9.91
Adjusted death rate 9.81
Deaths from puerperal causes: Puerperal sepsis, nil
Other puerperal causes, 4
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 2.7
Death rate of infants under one year of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births 45.8
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 47.1
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 16.9
Deaths from : Cancer (all ages) 179
Measles (all ages) 2
Whooping cough (all ages) 1
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 12
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