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GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS
1962
Area of Borough: 659.6 acres
General Rate: 17s„10d. in the £ (at 31st
March, 1962)
Product of a Penny Rate (gross): £8,118
Rateable value of Borough as at £1,999,254
31st March. 1962:
Population: Registrar-General's estimate of
the population of the Borough
(mid-year 1962): 48,550
Density of population per acre: 73.6
Number of Dwellings (according to the Rate Books): 16,566
Live Births: Total Male Female
Legitimate 548 279 269 Birth rate per 1,000
Illegitimate 77 39 38 of estimated
625 318 307 population: 12,9
Adjustment of birth
rate by area
comparability factor
(0.76) : 9.8
(Birth rate for England and Wales - 18.0)
Illegitimate Live Births (per cent of total live births): 12.3
Still Births: Total Male Female
Legitimate 9 5 4 Rate per 1,000 live
Illegitimate 2 2 and still births: 17.3
11 5 6
(Still birth rate for England and Wales - 18.l)
Total Live and Still Births: 636
Infant Deaths (deaths under one year):-
Total Male Female
Legitimate 10 5 5 Rate per 1,000
Illegitimate 6 4 2 live births: 25.6
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