Table: STATISTICAL SUMMARY 1952
STATISTICAL SUMMARY 1952
| Area of Borough | 4,689 acres |
| Population (R.G.'s mid-year estimate) | 170,500 |
| Live Births | 2,800 |
| Birth rate (per 1,000 population) | l6.4 |
| Stillbirths | 60 |
| Stillbirth rate (per 1,000 total births) | 20.9 |
| Deaths | 1,835 |
| Death rate (per 1,000 population) | 10.7 |
| Deaths of infants under 1 year | 69 |
| Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) | 24.6 |
| Deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age | 43 |
| Neonatal death rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) | 15.3 |
| Maternal deaths | - |
| Maternal mortality rate (per 1,000 live & stillbirths) | - |
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Table: VARIOUS DISEASES: Cases and Deaths.
VARIOUS DISEASES: Cases and Deaths.
| Cases | Case rate per 1,000 population | Deaths | Death rate per 1,000 populatior |
|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 599 | 3.51 | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 44 | 0.26 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 14 | 0.08 | - | - |
| Measles | 1,504 | 8.82 | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (paralytic) | 13 | 0.08 | - | - |
| do. (non-paralytic) | 7 | 0.04 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 294 | 1.72 | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infections | 4 | 0.02 | 3 | 0.02 |
| Typhoid and Para Typhoid Fevers | 5 | 0.03 | - | - |
| Pneumonia: | | | | |
| Acute, primary and influenzal | 135 | 0.80 | - | - |
| All forms | - | - | 123 | 0.72 |
| Bronchitis | - | - | 184 | 1.08 |
| Tuberculosis: | | | | |
| Respiratory | 130 | O.76 | 39 | 0.23 |
| Other Forms | 19 | 0.11 | 5 | 0.03 |
| Cancer | - | - | 296 | 1.74 |
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