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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 35,490
Population Density.
Number of Persons per Acre 60
Marriages Registered 323
Rateable Value.
£1,015,287. Product of a Penny Rate £4,011. General Rate
for the year 23s. od. 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
699 including 46 illegitimate births and consisting of 381 males and
318 females, giving a rate of 19.7 per 1,000 civilian population. The
birth rate for England and Wales was 15.2 per 1,000 home population.
Stillbirths.
The total number of stillbirths allocated to the Borough during
the year was 7. This figure represents 0.99 per cent. of the total
births. Expressed as a proportion of the population the figures are
0.20 per 1,000 civilian population for Finsbury as against 0.37 for
England and Wales (total population).