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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 1958 was 221,000. (This includes members of the
armed forces stationed in the area).
Rateable value
Rateable value of the borough at April 1, 1958 ,£2,962,610
Estimated net product of a penny rate 1958/59 £12,130
Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at
April 1, 1958 63,370
Births (adjusted for inward and outward transfers)
Livebirths 3,275
Males Females Total
Legitimate 1,542 1,553 3,095
Illegitimate 91 89 180
Totals 1,633 1,642 3,275
Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 14.8
Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes
(Area comparability factor = 0.95) 14.1
Birth rate for England and Wales 16.4
Adjusted birth rate for London Administrative County 16.7
Stillbirths
The stillbirths allocated to the borough during the year were 60,
(31 males and 29 females) which represents a stillbirth rate per
thousand live and still births of 18.6 in the case of males, 17.4 in
the case of females, and 18.0 for all stillbirths.
Deaths
The deaths belonging to the borough registered during the year
were 2,433, consisting of 1,329 males and 1,104 females, giving a crude
death rate per thousand of the estimated population of 11.0. The area
comparability factor for deaths is 1.0 therefore the adjusted rate is
the same at 11.0 which compares with rates of 11.7 for England and
Wales and 11.8 for the Administrative County of London.