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9
General Statistics.
Area (acres) 1,706
Population (Census, 1931) 150,928
Population (mid, 1931) 151,200
Number of inhabited houses (Census, 1931) 26,245
Rateable Value £1,138,738
Sum represented by a penny rate £4,587
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Live Births
Total.
Males.
Female
:s.
Legitimate
2,126
1,089
1,037
Birth rate per 1,000
of the estimated resident
population, 15.08.
Illegitimate
155
76
79
Stillbirths
79
49
30
Rate per 1,000 total
(live and stillbirths)
births, 33.5.
Deaths
1,857
958
899
Death rate per 1,000
of the estimated resident
population,12.3.
Percentage of deaths occurring in Public Institutions
55.03
Deaths from diseases and accidents of
pregnancy and childbirth
from sepsis
5
from other causes
4
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births
67
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births
66
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births
77
Deaths from:—
Measles (all ages)
1
Whooping Cough (all ages)
6
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)
16
Population. The Census taken on 26th April,
1931, showed that the population of the borough was
150,928, but the Registrar-General's estimate of the
population for the middle of the year was 151,200.
This latter figure has been used for the compilation of
the various rates mentioned in this Report.