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2.
STATISTICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Area 3,162 acres
Population - Census 1951 45,566
Population - Registrar-General's estimate
(mid-year) 1957 45,940
VITAL STATISTICS.
Total. M. P.
Live Births 530. 259. 271. Birth rate per 1,000 of
(Legitimate) 250. 263. the estimated resident *
(illegitimate) 9. 8. population 12.1
Stillbirths 10. 7. 3. Stillbirth rate per
1,000 total (live and
still) "births 18.5
Deaths 486. 221. 265. Death rate per 1,000 of
the estimated resident #
population 11.1
*
Corrected.
Maternal Death Rate
No. of Deaths Nil.
Death rates of infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 26.4
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 27.3
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births
BIRTHS.
During the year 530 live births were registered, being the same
as last year's total. The rate per thousand population was 12.1
comparing with an average for England and Wales of 16.1. Of the total
number 17 or 3.2 per cent were illegitimate.
DEATHS.
During the year 486 deaths were registered, an increase of 18
compared with those recorded in 1956, the rate per thousand being 11.1
compared with an average of 11.5 for England and Wales. The infant
mortality rate was 26.4 compared with the figure of 23.0 for England
and Wales. 17 males and 6 females died from lung cancer, 1 more than
in the previous year. The death rates from this condition per 1,000
population were 0.804 for males and 0.242 for females which is higher
than the rates of 0.759 and 0.116 respectively for England and Wales.