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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
The following statistical information relating to the Borough has been compiled from the
Local and National Statistics issued by the Registrar-General in connection with population, live
births, stillbirths and deaths.
The "Area comparability" factors for use with crude births and death rates contain adjustments
for boundary changes and make allowances for the way in which the sex and age distribution
of the local population differs from that for Ehgland and Wales as a whole. In addition, the death
rate "Area comparability" factors have been adjusted specifically to take account of the presence
of any residential institutions in each area. When local crude birth and death rates are multiplied
by the appropriate "Area comparability" factor, they are comparable with the crude rate for England
and Wales or with the corresponding adjusted rate for any other area.
Area (Acres) 3,995
Population
Census 1961 222,124
Registrar-General's estimate mid-1964 216,940
Registrar-General's estimate mid-1965 215.240
Registrar-General's estimate mid-1966 213,770
Registrar-General's estimate mid-1957 211,720
Rating:-
Number of inhabited houses 55,874
Rateable Value £13,982,046
Product of a penny rate £55,350
Mortality:-
Number of deaths 2,376
Death Rate per 1,000 populations-
Crude 11.2
Adjusted (Comparability Factor 1.06) 11.9
England and Wales 11.2
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 575
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 2
Deaths from Circulatory Diseases 1,079
Live Births
Legitimate 3,327
Illegitimate 665
Total 3,992
Rate per 1,000 population:-
Crude 18.9
Adjusted (Comparability Factor 0.88) 16.6
England and Wales 17.2
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 16.6
Stillbirths
Legitimate 33
Illegitimate 9
Total 42
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 10.4
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths England and Wales 14.8
Total Live and Stillbirths:
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