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3.
SECTION A
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area 2,868 acres
Population - Registrar-General's estimate for mid-year
1955 47,310
Number of inhabited houses and flats (as at 31.12.55) 13,658
Rateable value on April 1st, 1955 £391,555
Product of a penny rate, year ending 31.3.55 £1,590. 5. 2.
VITAL STATISTICS
M. F.
Total 248 224 Birth Rate per 1,000
Live Births Legitimate 243 217 of estimated resident
illegitimate 5 7 population: 9.9
Total 4 6 Rate per 1,000 total
Stillbirths Legitimate 4 6 (live and still)
illegitimate - - (births: 20.7
Crude Death Rate per
Deaths 181 162 1,000 of estimated
resident population:
7.2
Deaths from puerperal sepsis 0
" " other puerperal causes 0
Death rate of infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 12.7
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 13.0
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 80
" " Measles (all ages) 0
" " Whooping Cough (all ages) 0