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BIRTHS.
There were 731 births registered as belonging to the area
during the year (376 male and 355 female). Of these 45 were
illegitimate (20 male and 25 female). In addition there were 20
stillbirths registered, 2 of which were illegitimate.
The Birth Rate for the Borough for 1939 was therefore 11.96.
DEATHS,
Table 1 on page 7 shows the causes of the 703 deaths of
residents of the area, which is equivalent to a Recorded Death
Rate of 12.08 per 1,000 of the estimated population and a Corrected
Death Rate of 12.32 for the purposes of comparison with other areas.
A perusal of Table 1 appended, which sets out the causes of
death, will show that Cancer accounted for 110 deaths and
Tuberculosis (all forms) for 41 deaths. In the preceding year
these diseases were responsible for 122 and 42 deaths respectively.
ZYMOTIC DEATH BATE.
This rate is calculated from the number of deaths occurring
from the seven principal zymotic disease, viz. small-pox, Scarlet
Fever. Diphtheria, Measles, Fever (Typhus, Typhoid and Continued),
Whooping Cough and Diarrhoea. The total number of deaths from
those causes was 13, which gives a zymotic death rate of 0.22
per 1,000 of the population.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The total number of deaths of infants tinder one year of age was
30, Of this number, 6 were illegitimate children. This gives an
Infantile Mortality Rate of 41 per 1,000 live births. Analysing
this figure, one finds that the Infantile Mortality Rate among
legitimate children was 35 while that among illegitimate infants
was 133.
The low Infantile Mortality Rate of 41 compares very favourably
with the figures for all other parts of the country.
Of the 30 infant deaths, 24 occurred outside the area, whiles
17 were neo-natal, i.e., occurring during the first four weeks of

(b) Social Conditions
There is little to add to my remarks in many of my previous
reports relative to the social conditions of the Borough,
As pointed out last year, there are now many large and important
industries carried on in the area, particularly in the Great West
Road area. These industries include scientific instrument makers,
manufacturing chemists, card box manufacturers, knitting mills,