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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Summary of Vital and Mortal Statistics, etc.
( The comparable figures for the previous year appear in brackets)
Area of Borough - 4087.5 Statute acres (inclusive of land and
inland water, but exclusive of tidal water and foreshore),
divided into 4 Registration Sub-Districts, 3 Parliamentary
Constituencies, and 21 Wards.
Population - estimated, 1953 - 229,000 (230,200)
Density - 56.02 (56.32) persons per statute acre (inclusive of
land and inland water, but exclusive of tidal water and
foreshore).
Births (corrected) - 3,649 (3,626). Birth rate per 1,000 estimated
resident population. *15.93 (14.49).
Deaths (corrected) - 2,408 (2,824). Death rate per 1,000 estimated
resident population *10.62 (12.27)
Maternal mortality (corrected) per 1,000 total births (live
and still) 1.08 (2. 17).
Infantile mortality 25.49 (25.37).
Neonatal mortality 15.89 (17.93).
Zymotic Death-rate (corrected) - 0.06(0.01) per 1,000 population
total zymotic deaths 13 (2).
Marriages - Marriage rate per 1,000 population 7.97 (8.16).
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1953 - £2,197,823 (£2,188,134).
Sum represented by 1d. rate - £8,927 (£8,919).