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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 227,576
The Registrar-General's estimate of the home population at
midyear 1953 was 225,800. (This includes members of the armed
forces stationed in the area).
Rateable value
County of London rateable value of the borough at
April 1, 1953 £1,861,174
Estimated net product of a penny rate, 1953/54 £7,560
Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at
April 1, 1953 60,770
Births (adjusted for inward and outward transfers)
Livebirths 3,247
Males Females Total
Legitimate 1,619 1,491 3,110
Illegitimate 72 65 137
Totals 1,691 1,556 3,247
Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 14.4
Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes 13.4
(Area comparability factor for births is 0.93)
Birth rate for England and Wales 15.
Birth rate for London Administrative County17.5
Stillbirths
The stillbirths allocated to the borough during the year were 78,
which represents a stillbirth rate per thousand live and stillbirths
of 23.5
Deaths
The deaths belonging to the borough registered during the year
were 2,502, consisting of 1,313 males and 1,189 females, giving
a crude death rate per thousand of the estimated population of
11.1 The area comparability factor for deaths is 1.0 therefore
the adjusted death rate remains at 11.1per thousand of the
estimated population, which compares with rates of 11.4for
England and Wales and 12.5for the Administrative County of
London.