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STATISTICAL_SUMMARY. ETC.
Area of the District in acres 3,014
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population,
mid-year 1939, for calculation of:-
(a) birth rates 142,400
(b) death rates or the incidence of
notifiable diseases 136,000
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1939) according
to Rate Books 30,816
Rateable value £991,496
Sum represented by a penny rate £ 3,975
* The large movement of population arising out of the.
war situation and the calling-up of men for military service, made
it necessary for the Registrar General to ma :o special arrangements
for dealing with statistics relating to non-civilian deaths and
transferable births and deaths. Accordingly, after the 30th
September, 1939, deaths of persons temporarily residing away, from
home were assigned to the area of temporary residence. Transferable
Births were dealt with normally for purposes of birth rates, but for
calculating infant and maternal mortality, a similar arrangement was
made to that adopted for deaths.
Populations are likewise given -
(a) for calculation of birth rates.
(b) " " " death rates or the incidence
of notifiable diseases.
Births and Deaths .
Registered live births:-
Total.
Males .
Females.
Legitimate
1,696
849
847
Illegitimate
80
42
38
1,776
891
885
Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated population 12.5
Total live births for calculation
of Infant Mortality rate, etc. 1,739 874 865
Still Births .59 28 31
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. 32.2
Deaths (MaL es 716
(Females 690 Total 1,406
Death Rate per 1,000 estimated population 10.3
Maternal Deaths
Deaths.
Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still) births.
Puerperal sepsis
1
0.55
Other puerperal causes
3
1.67
4.
2.22
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 37.95
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 36.1
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live
births 75.95
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 209
Measles (all ages)
Whooping Cough (all ages) 3
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 3