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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1934.
Area 12,617 acres.
Population (Census 1931), 233,115. Population (estimated
middle of 1934), 240,600.
Number of Inhabited Houses (1931 Census), 56,429.
Rateable Value (1st April, 1934), £2,186,960.
Product of a Penny Rate (1934), £8,189.
Rate in the £ (1933-34), 10/2.
Gross expenditure on Health Services (administered
by Medical Officer of Health) £125,609 2 10
Income on Health Services (including
transfers) £12,039 18 10
Net expenditure on Health Services £113,569 4 0
Expressed as a Penny Rate, 13.86 pence in the pound.
Live Births— M. F. Total.
Legitimate 1,585 1,450 3,035
Illegitimate 68 82 150
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 13.2.
Still Births—119. Rate per 1,000 total1 (live and still) births,
36.0.
Deaths—2,571. Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident
population, 10.7.
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth
: From sepsis, 5; other causes, 8.
Maternity mortality : 3.9 per 1,000 births.
Death-rate of Infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 46
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 42
Illegitimate infants per l,000illegitimaite live births 113