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STATISTICS
GENERAL
Area of Borough 6,727 acres
Number of Wards 20
Number of Parliamentary Constituencies 5
Population (Mid-year estimate 1968) 329,250
Density of Population (i.e. number of
persons per acre) 48.94
Number of marriages during the year 2,951
Marriage rate per 1,000 population 8.96
Rateable Value of District (1st April 1968) £20,354,938
Sum represented by a penny rate (1968/1969) £80,450
Number of separately rated houses and flats
at 1st April, 1968 93,846
VITAL STATISTICS
LIVE BIRTHS
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Totals
Males 2,666 657 3,323
Females 2,706 556 3,262
Totals 5,372 1,213 6,585
Live Birth rate per 1,000 home population 20.00*
Birth rate corrected for comparison with other areas 17.6
Comparability factor supplied by Registrar General 0.88
Birth rate per 1,000 home population England and Wales 16.9
Birth rate per 1,000 home population Inner London area 16.9*
Birth rate per 1,000 home population Outer London area 16.1*
Birth rate per 1,000 home population Greater London area 15.25
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 18.4
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births
Inner London area 15.5
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births
Outer London area 8.7
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births
Greater London area 11.5
*Crude birth rate