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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 1956 was 222,100. (This includes members of the armed
forces stationed in the area.)
Rateable value
Rateable value of the borough at April 1, 1956 £3,092,894
Estimated net product of a penny rate 1956/57 £12,100
Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at
April 1, 1956 63,000
Births (adjusted for inward and outward transfers)
Livebirths 3,219
Males Females T otal
Legitimate 1,573 1,508 3,081
Illegitimate 72 66 138
Totals 1,645 1,574 3,219
Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 14.5
Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes 13.8
Birth rate for England and Wales 15.7
Adjusted birth rate for London Administrative County 14.0
Stillbirths
The stillbirths allocated to the borough during the year were 62,
(42 males and 20 females) which represents a stillbirth rate per
thousand live and still births of 24.9 in the case of males, 12.6 in
the case of females, and 18.9 for all stillbirths.
Deaths
The deaths belonging to the borough registered during the year were
2,513, consisting of 1,364 males and 1,149 females, giving a crude
death rate per thousand of the estimated population of 11.3; The
area comparability factor for deaths is 0.96, therefore the adjusted
rate is 10.8 which compares with rates of 11.7 for England and
Wales and 11.7 for the Administrative County of London.