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STATISTICAL SUMMARY
for the year 1945
Area in acres 7,007
Population (as extended - census 1931) 79,376
Resident population - estimated to mid-year
1945 (as supplied by the Registrar-General) 91,920
Number of inhabited houses 28,672
Rateable value £1,029,018
Sum represented by a penny rate 1945/46 £4,148: 6: Id.
Live Births: Total M. F.
Legitimate 1397 740 657
Illegitimate 144 71 73
Total 1541 811 730
Birth rate per1, 000 of estimated resident. population. 16.76
Still Births: Total M, F.
Legitimate 35 13 17
Illegitimate 4 3 1
Total 33 21 18
Still Birth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 24.68
Deaths: Total M. F.
1,117 543 574
Death rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population 12.15
Maternal deaths:
Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis 1
Other Maternal Causes Nil.
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. 0.63
Death rate of infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 48.02
Legitimate infants per 1,000 leg. live births 46.5
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illeg. live births 62.5
Deaths from:-
Cancer (all ages) 182
Measles (all ages) 2
Whooping cough (all ages) 1
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 6
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