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GENERAL STATISTICS
Area (acres) 1,706
Population (census 1931) 150,928
Population (mid 1937) 138,900
Number of inhabited houses (census 1931) 26,245
Rateable Value at 31st December, 1937 £1,333,270
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,377
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR
LIVE BIRTHS:-
Total.
Males.
Females.
Legitimate
1,798
891
907
Birth rate per 1,000
of the estimated
population, 13.9
Illegitimate
135
74
61
STILLBIRTHS
Legitimate
59
25
34
Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still) births,
30.6
Illegitimate
2
1
1
DEATHS
1,817
908
909
Death rate per 1,000
of the estimated
population:
Crude rate 13.1
Adjusted rate 13.2
Percentage of deaths occurring in public institutions
64.06
Deaths.
Rate
per 1,000 total
(live and still)
births.
Deaths from disease and accidents of
pregnancy and childbirth
From sepsis
-
—
From other causes
6
3.01
Death rate of Infants under One Year of Age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births
56
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births
57
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births
67
Deaths from:—
Cancer (all ages)
241
Measles (all ages)
2
Whooping cough (all ages)
7
Diarrhœa (under two years of age)
30