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SECTION "A" —VITAL STATISTICS
Area
The area of the borough is 7,015 acres.
Public open space comprises 652 acres.
Population
Census 1931 219,953
The Registrar-General's estimate of the home population at
midyear 1950 was 228,300 (this includes members of the armed
forces stationed in the area).*
Rateable value
County of London rateable value of the borough at
April 1, 1950 £1,804,961
Estimated net product of a penny rate, 1950/51 £7,280
Number of separately assessed dwellings at April 1, 1950 61,350
Births (adjusted for inward and outward transfers)
No. of live births 3,487
Males Females Total
Legitimate 1,712 1,628 3,340
Illegitimate 73 74 147
Totals 1,785 1,702 3,487
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 15.3
Birth rate for England and Wales15.8
Birth rate for London administrative county 17.8
Stillbirths
The total number of stillbirths allocated to the borough during the
year was 52. This represents a stillbirth rate per thousand live and
stillbirths of 14.7.
Deaths
The total number of deaths belonging to the borough registered
during the year was 2,413, consisting of 1,234 males and 1,179
females, giving a death rate per thousand of the estimated population
of 10.6 as compared with a rate of 11.6 for England and Wales
and 11.8 for the administrative county of London.
Infant mortality
Number of infant deaths 90
Legitimate 79
Illegitimate 11
Rates: 1. All infants per thousand live births 25.8
2. Legitimate infants per thousand live legitimate
births 23.6
Illegitimate infants per thousand live illegitimate
births 74.8
Neonatal deaths (under one month of age) 67
Neonatal death rate (per 1,000 live births) 19.2
Reproductive wastage-
Stillbirths plus infant deaths 142
Rate per thousand live and stillbirths 40.1
* A preliminary report indicates that at the census in 1951 the population was 227,551