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SECTION A.
Vital Statistics.
Area.
The area of the Borough is 587 acres.
Population.
Census 1951. Preliminary Report 35,347
The Registrar-General's mid-year estimate is :
Home Population 35,740
Population Density.
Number of Persons per Acre 91
Marriages Registered 325
Rateable Value.
£974,182. Product of a Penny Rate £3,925. General Rate for
the year 20s. 0d. in the pound.
Area Comparability Factor.
Births 0.96
Deaths 1.01
Live Births.
The total number of live births belonging to the Borough was
681 including 41 illegitimate births and consisting of 348 males and
333 females, giving a rate of 19.1 per 1,000 civilian population. The
birth rate for England and Wales was 15.3 per 1,000 home population
and 17.6 per 1,000 home population for the Administrative County
of London.
Stillbirths.
The total number of stillbirths allocated to the Borough during
the year was 14. This figure represents 2.02 per cent, of the total
births. Expressed as a proportion of the population the figures are
0.39 per 1,000 civilian population for Finsbury as against 0.34 for
the Administrative County of London and 0.35 for England and
Wales (total population).
They were distributed by sex and legitimacy as follows :—
Legitimate Illegitimate Total
Males8 1 9
Females 4 1 5
12 2 14