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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 1954 was 224,200. (This includes members of the armed
forces stationed in the area).
Rateable value
County of London rateable value of the borough at
April 1, 1954 £1,866,679
Estimated net product of a penny rate, 1954/55 ... £7,520
Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at
April 1, 1954 61,120
Births (adjusted for inward and outward transfers)
Livebirths ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3,193
Males Females Total
Legitimate ... 1,560 1,508 3,068
Illegitimate ... 63 62 125
Totals 1,623 1,570 3,193
Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 14-2
Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes ... ... 13-3
(Area comparability factor for births is 0-93).
Birth rate for England and Wales ... ... ... 15-2
Birth rate for London Administrative County 15-2
Stillbirths
The stillbirths allocated to the borough during the year were 45,
which represents a stillbirth rate per thousand live and stillbirths
of 13-9.
Deaths
The deaths belonging to the borough registered during the year
were 2,231, consisting of 1,200 males and 1,031 females, giving a
crude death rate per thousand of the estimated population of 9-95.
The area comparability factor for deaths is 1-0 therefore the
adjusted death rate remains at 9-95 per thousand of the estimated
population, which compares with rates of 11-3 for England and
Wales and 10-7 for the Administrative County of London.