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PART I
STATISTICS AND TABLES
The following statistical information relating to the Borough has been
completed from the Local and National Statistics issued by the Registrar-General
in connection with Population. Birth-rate, Death-rate, Maternal and Infantile
Mortality.
The comparability factor used in the calculation of the adjusted birth and
death rate figures is provided by the Registrar-General. The relative age groups
and sex of residents in each local authority area differ considerably.
The factor, in effect, adjusts these groups of the populations to the same proportions. and thus enables direct comparisons to be made between areas of
different nature.
Area (acres) 2.282.5
Population:—
Census, 1951 119.367
Census, 1961 110,333
Registrar-General's estimate, mid-1961 108,010
Registrar-General's estimate, mid-1962 108.120
Rating:—
Number of inhabited Houses 28,040
Rateable Value £2,350,300
Product of a penny rate £9,700
Mortality:—
Number of Deaths 1,287
Death Rate per 1.000 population:
Corrected 11.9
Adjusted (Comparability Factor 1.02) 12.1
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 284
Deaths from Measles (all ages) —
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) —
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) -