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STATISTICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
AREA.
Area 3,162 acres.
Registrar-General's estimate of resident civilian
population (mid-year, 1949) 44,580
Registrar-General's estimate of resident civilian
and non-civilian population (mid-year, 1949) 44,620
VITAL STATISTICS.
Total M. F.
Live Births 548 277 271
(Legitimate) 269 264
(Illegitimate) 8 7
Stillbirths 19 8 11
Deaths 433 234 199
Birth rate per 1,000 of
the estimated resident
population 12.2
Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still) births 33.5
Death rate per 1,000 of
the estimated resident
population 100
Deaths from puerperal causes:—
Deaths.
Rate per 1.000
Total (Live &
Still) Births.
Puerperal sepsis Nil Nil
Other Maternal Causes Nil Nil
Death rates of Infants under one year of age:—
All Infants per 1,000 live births 25.5
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 22.5
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 133.3
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 79
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) Nil
BIRTHS.
During the year 548 live births were registered, being 88
less than last year's total. The rate per thousand population
was 12.3 compared with an average for England and Wales of
16.7. Of the total number 15 or 2.7 per cent were illegitimate.
The birth rate was the lowest recorded since 1934.