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1968
VITAL STATISTICS
AREA.
The area of the borough is 2,950.7 acres.
POPULATION.
Census 1961
218,528
Estimate of Registrar-General at mid-year 1968
210,720
Average density of population per acre
71.4
RATEABLE VALUE.
Rateable value of the borough at 1st April, 1968
£26,205,085
Estimated net product of a penny rate 1968/69
£103,736
Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings
at 1st April, 1968
60,614
LIVE BIRTHS.
Males
Females
Total
Legitimate
1,168
1,176
2,344
Illegitimate
305
276
581
Totals
1,473
1,452
2,925
Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the
estimated population
13.9
Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes
(Area comparability factor =0.60)
8.34
STILIBIRTHS.
Total (17 males and 16 females)
33
Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths
11
DEATHS.
Total (1022 males and 1,212 females)
2,234
Crude death rate per 1,000 population
Adjusted death rate
10.6
(Area comparability factor =0.98)
10.3
INFANT MORTALITY.
Infant deaths (all deaths of liveborn children under one year)
Males
Females
Total
Legitimate
25
17
42
illegitimate
11
1
12
Totals
36
18
54