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VITAL STATISTICS
The following are the principal vital statistics for 1951 together with
comparative figures for London and for the previous year.
The proportions of old or young vary in different areas and the
Registrar General gives Area Comparability factors which take these
variations into account. The factor for births is 0.97 and for deaths 0.98
and the birth rate and death rate should be multiplied by the appropriate
factor when making comparisons with rates in other towns.
The figure for population is now the estimated mid-year home population
which includes members of the armed forces stationed in the area.
The estimated decrease in the population is 540, whereas the number of
births exceed the number of deaths by 310.
The table setting out the causes of deaths will be found in the Appendix
Table I. The deaths are classified under the 36 headings based on the
Abbreviated List of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases,
Injuries and Causes of Death, 1948.
Area of Borough 1,564 acres
Estimated mid-year home population 76,040