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STATISTICS AND TABLES
The following statistical information relating to the Borough has been
compiled from the Local and National Statistics issued by the RegistrarGeneral
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 England 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 adjustments for any other area.
However, revised birth and death area comparability factors for 1971
will not be calculated until firm 1971 census based figures are available.
In order to allow approximate comparison of local and national rates the
1970 comparability factors have been used.
Area (Acres) 3,995
Populations-
Census 1961 222,124
" 1971 (Provisional) 184,935
Registrar-General's estimate mid 1971 184,750
Rating s-
Number of habitable dwellings (approx.) 56,000
Rateable Value (approx.) £14;900,000
Product of a penny rate (estimated) £133,200
Mortality:-
Number of deaths 2,440
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages)
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 593
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) (Lungs and Bronchus) 192
Deaths from Measles (all ages)
Deaths from Enteritis and other Diarrhoea Diseases
(under 4 years of age) 2
Death from Circulatory Diseases (all ages) 1,069
MATERNITY MORTALITY
(1) ABORTION Nil
(2) OTHER CAUSES 1
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