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VITAL STATISTICS
The following are the principal statistics for 1961, set out in the manner
required by Ministry of Health Circular 1/62 dated 18th January, 1962.
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 0.98 and for deaths
1.01 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 1,110, whereas the number
of births exceed the number of deaths by 572.
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 68,220
Live Births —Legitimate 1,212
Illegitimate 154 1,366
Live Birth Rate per 1,000 living population 20.02
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live
births 11.27%
Still Births—Legitimate 22
Illegitimate 4 26
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 (live and still births.) 18.68
Total Live and Still Births 1,392
Infant Deaths —Legitimate 26
Illegitimate 5 31
Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births —
total 22.69
Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births —
legitimate 21.45
Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births —
illegitimate 32.47
Neo-natal Mortality Rate per 1,000 live
births (first four weeks) 17.57
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (Deaths
under one week per 1,000 live births) 16.10
Perinatal Mortality Rate (Still births and
deaths under one week combined 1,000
live and still births) 34.48
Maternal Deaths (including abortion)
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and
still births —
Total Deaths 794
Death Rate (per 1,000 living) 11.64