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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Area (acres) 2,265
Population: Registrar-General's estimate mid-1954 98,210
Census, 1951 95,131
Rateable Value, March 1954 £1,684,157
Sum produced by Id. rate £6,820
No. of separate rating assessments of
dwelling houses, flats and other
residences 21,468
Number of structurally separate dwellings - Census 1951 23,010
Births:
Total Legitimate Illegitimate
Males 706 635 71
Females 738 678 60
1,444 1.313 131
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 14.7
Rate for London 15.2
Area Comparability Factor 0.75
Number of stillbirths 25
Rate of Stillbirths per 1,000 (live and still) births 17
Deaths:
Net deaths (males, 434: females, 456) 890
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 9.1
Rate for London 10.7
Area Comparability Factor 0.94
Deaths from maternal causes 1
Deaths of infants under 1 year (males, 12: females, 12) 24
Infants under 1 year: Infant Mortality Rate:
All infants per 1,000 live births 17
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 17.5
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live
births 7.6
Deaths of infants under 4 weeks (males, 7: females, 9) 16
The causes of death for 1953 and 1954, arranged under
the headings of the short list used by the Registrar-General, are
set out in the following list.