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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 1951 (preliminary report) 227,551
The Registrar.General's estimate of the home population at
midyear 1951 was 227,200 (this includes members of the armed
forces stationed in the area).
Rateable value
County of London rateable value of the borough at
April 1, 1951 £1,830,235
Estimated net product of a penny rate, 1951/52 £7,4.25
Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at
April 1, 1951 61,800
Births (adjusted for inward and outward transfers)
No. of live births 3,481
Males Females Total
Legitimate 1,679 1,670 3,349
Illegitimate 63 69 132
Totals 1,742 1,739 3,481
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 15.3
Birth rate for England and Wales 15.5
Birth rate for London Administrative County 17.8
Stillbirths
The total number of stillbirths allocated to the borough during the
year was 57. This represents a stillbirth rate per thousand live and
stillbirths of 16.1.
Deaths
The total number of deaths belonging to the borough registered
during the year was 2,542 consisting of 1,278 males and 1,264
females, giving a death rate per thousand of the estimated population
of 11.2 as compared with a rate of 12.5 for England and Wales
and 13.1 for the administrative county of London.
Infant mortality
Number of infant deaths 86
Legitimate 82
Illegitimate 4
Rates : 1. All infants per thousand live births 24.7
2. Legitimate infants per thousand live legitimate
births 24.5
Illegitimate infants per thousand live illegiti.
3. mate births 30.3
Neonatal deaths (under one month of age) 59
Neonatal death rate (per 1,000 live births) 16.9
* See also Appendix D