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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 1955 was 223,400. (This includes members of the armed
forces stationed in the area).
Rateable value
County of London rateable value of the borough at
April 1, 1955 £1,911,537
Estimated net product of a penny rate, 1955/56 ... £7,680
Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at
April 1, 1955 61,878
Births (adjusted for inward and outward transfers)
Livebirths 3,123
Males Females Total
Legitimate 1,529 1,478 3,007
Illegitimate 67 49 116
Totals 1,596 1,527 3,123
Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 14.0
Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes 13.0
(Area comparability factor for births is 0.93).
Birth rate for England and Wales 15.0
Crude birth rate for London Administrative County 15.1
Stillbirths
The stillbirths allocated to the borough during the year were 56,
(24 males and 32 females) which represents a stillbirth rate per
thousand live and stillbirths of 14.8 in the case of males, 20.5 in the
case of females, and 17.6 for all stillbirths.
Deaths
The deaths belonging to the borough registered during the year
were 2,423, consisting of 1,252 males and 1,171 females, giving a
crude death rate per thousand of the estimated population of 10.8.
The area comparability factor for deaths is 1*0, therefore the adjusted
rate remains at 10.8 per thousand of the estimated population,
which compares with rates of 11.7 for England and Wales and
11.4 for the Administrative County of London,