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STATISTICAL SUMMARY
Area of Borough
2,265 acres
Registrar General's estimate of Population mid-1959
96,810
Estimated Population of Children 30th June, 1959:-
Under 1
1-4
Total under 5
5-14
Total under 15
1,560
4,340
5,900
8,700
14,600
Rateable Value March, 1959
£2,146,462
Sum produced by 1d. rate
£8,583
No. of separate rating assessments of dwelling houses
23,357
No. of structurally separate dwellings, Census 1951
23,010
No. of private households, Census 1951
35,970
Live Births: Legitimate: Males 759. Females 692)
Illegitimate: " 85. " 86)Total 1,602
Live birth rate per 1,000 population 16.5
Illegitimate live births per cent. of total live births 10.7
Area Comparability Factor 75
Adjusted birth rate 12.4
Still-births (Males 16; Females 10) 26
Still-birth rate per 1,000 live and still-births 16
Total live and still-births 1,628
Infant Deaths (Males 23; Females 13) 36
Neo-natal deaths (first four weeks of life)(M.l6; F.10) 26
Early Neo-natal deaths (first week of life)(M.13; F.8) 21
Infant Mortality Rates:
All Infants per 1,000 live births 22
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 21.7
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 29.2
Neo-natal deaths per 1,000 live births 16.2
Early Neo-natal deaths per 1,000 live births 13.1
Perinatal Mortality Rate (Stillbirths & deaths under 1
week per 1,000 live and still-births) 28.9
Maternal deaths (including abortion) Nil
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births Nil
Deaths: Males 493; Females 558 Total 1,051
Death rate per 1,000 population 10.9
Area Comparability Factor 1.0
Adjusted death rate 10.9