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SECTION "A" —VITAL STATISTICS
Area
The area of the Borough is 7,015 acres.
Population
Census 1931 219,953
The Registrar-General's estimate of the resident civilian
population mid-year 1948 was 226,100.
Rateable value
£1,739,488.
Estimated product of a penny rate £6,950
No. of separately assessed dwellings at 6 April, 1948 58,113
Births (adjusted for inward and outward transfers)
No. of live births 4,274
Males Females Totals
Legitimate 2,114 1,968 4,082
Illegitimate 99 93 192
2,213 2,061 4,274
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 18.9
Birth rate for England and Wales 17.9
Birth rate, London Administrative County 20.1
Stillbirths
The total number of stillbirths allocated to the borough during
the year was 64. This represents a stillbirth rate per thousand
live and stillbirths of 14.8.
Deaths
The total number of deaths belonging to the borough registered
during the year 1948 was 2,253, consisting of 1,087 males and
1,166 females, giving a death rate per thousand of the estimated
population of 9.9 as compared with a rate of 10.8 for England
and Wales and 11.6 for the Administrative County of London.
Infant mortality
Number of infant deaths 120
Legitimate 115
Illegitimate 5
1. All infants per thousand live births Rate 28.0
2. Legitimate infants per thousand live legitimate
births Rate 28.1
3. Illegitimate infants per thousand live illegitimate
births Rate 26.0