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STATISTICS.
Area ( in acres) 4,709
Resident Population (Census 1931) 29,396
Estimated Population 28th December, 1930:—
National Registration Office's figure 48,418 *
Registrar-General's figure 50,440
Number of habitable houses ( middle of 1940)
according to rate books 16,035 *
Number of families or separate occupiers
(1931 Census) 8,116
Rateable Value £577,181
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,156
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS
OF THE YEAR.
(Based on National Registration Office population figure of
48,418, and on Public Health Department records.)
Live Births:—
Total M. F.
Legitimate 620 332 288
Illegifimate 12 5 7
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated
resident population 13.05
Deaths:— 544 257 287
Crude death rate per 1,000 of the estimated.
resident population 11.23
Percentage of total deaths occurring in Public
Institutions and Nursing Homes 44.47
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
• All infants per 1,000 live births 44.31
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 32.25
(Based on Registrar-General's Population figure of 50,440
and on statistics supplied by Registrar-General.)
Live Births:—
Total M. F.
Legitimate 751 396 355
Illegitimate 30 15 15
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated
resident population 15.48
Still Births:—
Legitimate 14 7 7
Illegitimate 1 1 —
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 18.84