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SECTION A.
Vital Statistics.
Area.
The area of the Borough is 587 acres.
Population.
Census 1951 35, 37°
The Registrar-General's mid-year estimate is:
Home Population 35,640
Population Density.
Number of Persons per Acre 61
Marriages Registered 324
Rateable Value.
£1,009,831. Product of a Penny Rate £4,015. General Rate
for the year 21s. 2d. in the pound.
Area Comparability Factor.
Births 0.86
Deaths 1.02
Live Births.
The total number of live births belonging to the Borough was
675 including 46 illegitimate births and consisting of 325 males and
350 females, giving a rate of 18.9 per 1,000 civilian population. The
birth rate for England and Wales was 15.5 per 1,000 home population
and 17.5 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 15. This figure represents 2.17 per cent. of the total
births. Expressed as a proportion of the population the figures are
0.42 per 1,000 civilian population for Finsbury as against 0.38 for
the Administrative County of London and 0.35 for England and
Wales (total population).