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5
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
A large proportion of the residents is engaged in
business in London. The remainder consists chiefly
of tradesmen and their assistants, gardeners, domestic
servants, laundry workers, and employees of the
London General Omnibus Company, which has
recently erected an extensive garage in the town.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF
THE YEAR.
BIRTHS:
Total. M. F.
Legitimate 306 140 166
Illegitimate 11 6 5
Total 317 146 171
Birth Rate: 14.9.
DEATHS: 241.
Death-rate 11.3
Death-rate corrected, for the age and sex
distribution of the population
10.2 x 0.99 = 11.2
Number of women dying in, or in consequence
of, childbirth—
From Sepsis —
From other causes —
Deaths of infants under one year of age
per 1,000 births 57
Legitimate, 18; Illegitimate, 0; Total 18
Deaths from Measles (all ages) —
,, Whooping Cough (all ages) —
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of
age) 2
Amount of Poor-Law Relief—£2082 12s. 6½d.