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VITAL STATISTICS
The following are the principal statistics for 1960, set out in the manner
required by Ministry of Health Circular 1/60 dated 8th January, 1960.
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
1-02 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 the estimated mid-year home population.
The estimated decrease in the population is 330, whereas the number of
births exceed the number of deaths by 531.
The table setting out the causes of deaths will be found in the Appendix
Table. I The deaths are classified under 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 69,330
Live Births—Legitimate 1,166
Illegitimate 135 1,301
Live Birth Rate per 1,000 living population 18-78
Still Births—Legitimate 20
Illegitimate 8 28
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 (live and still births.) 21-1
Total Live and Still Births 1,329
Infant Deaths —Legitimate 32
Illegitimate 6 38
Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births —
total 29-21
Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births —
legitimate 27-44
Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births —
illegitimate 44-44
Neo-natal Mortality Rate per 1,000 live
births (first four weeks) 21-52
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live
births 10-38%
Maternal Deaths (including abortion) ... 1
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and
still births 0-75
Total Deaths 770
Death Rate (per 1,000 living) 11-11