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SECTION "A" — VITAL STATISTICS
Area
The area of the borough is 7,015 acres.
Public open space comprises 652 acres.
Population
Census 1931 219,953
The Registrar-General's estimate of the resident civilian
population at midyear 1949 was 227,700.
Rateable value
County of London rateable value of the borough at
April 6, 1949 £1,762,936
Estimated net product of a penny rate, 1949/50 £7,150
Number of separately assessed dwellings at April 1,
1949 60,889
Births (adjusted for inward and outward transfers)
No. of live births 3,823
Males Females Total
Legitimate 1,859 1,731 3,590
Illegitimate 122 111 233
Totals 1,981 1,842 3,823
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 16.8
Birth rate for England and Wales 16.7
Birth rate for London administrative county 18.5
Stillbirths
The total number of stillbirths allocated to the borough during the
year was 63. This represents a stillbirth rate per thousand live
and stillbirths of 16.2.
Deaths
The total number of deaths belonging to the borough registered
during the year was 2,326, consisting of 1,191 males and 1,135
females, giving a death rate per thousand of the estimated population
of 10.2 as compared with a rate of 11.7 for England and Wales
and 12.2 for the administrative county of London.
Infant mortality
Number of infant deaths 73
Legitimate 68
Illegitimate 5
Rates: 1. AH infants per thousand live births19.1
2. Legitimate infants per thousand live legitimate
births 18.9
3. Illegitimate infants per thousand live illegitimate
births 21.4
Neonatal deaths (under one month of age) 48
Neonatal death rate (per 1,000 live births) 12.5
Reproductive wastage—
Stillbirths plus infant deaths (see p. 6) 136
Rate, per thousand live and stillbirths 35