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SECTION A.
VITAL AND OTHER STATISTICS AND SOCIAL
CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
General Statistics.
Area of the Urban District (in acres) 8,957
Area of Parks, Open Spaces, etc. (in acres) 508.16
Registrar General's estimate of total population (mid-year)
1963 89,130
Rateable value at 31st March, 1964 £4,002,385
Rate in the Pound, 1963/4 9/2
Product of a Penny Rate for the year ended 31st March, 1964 £5,708
Number of Valuation assessments as at 31st March, 1963: —
Houses and Flats 27,266
Houses, Agricultural 73
Houses and Shops (assessed together) 302
Other Shops, etc. 568
Other Commercial Premises 1,502
Industrial Premises 77
Crown Properties 39
Entertainment & Recreational Premises 155
Miscellaneous 310
30,292
Mileage of Roads as at 31st December, 1963: —
County Roads, Class I (including Trunk Roads) 21.42
Country Roads, Class II 4.30
County Roads, Class III 6.12
District Roads 83.27
Unadopted Roads 8.00

Crude birth rate per 1,000 estimated total population 16.2
Adjusted birth rate for comparison with other areas 16.5
(The area comparability factor for births is 1.02.)
Birth rate for England and Wales 18.2

Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and still births 18.4
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 estimated total population 0.3
Stillbirth rate for England and Wales 17.3