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SECTION A —VITAL STATISTICS
Area
The urea 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 1959 was 221,000. (This includes members of the
armed forces stationed in the area).
Rateable value
Rateable value of the borough at April 1, 1959 £3,124,896
Estimated net product of a penny rate 1959/60 £12,450
Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at
April 1, 1959 63,933
Births (adjusted for inward and outward transfers)
Livebirths 3,475
Males Females Total
Legitimate 1,643 1,626 3,269
Illegitimate 112 94 206
Totals 1,755 1,720 3,475
Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 15.7
Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes
(Area comparability factor = 0.95) 14.9
Birth rate for England and Wales 16.5
Adjusted birth rate for London Administrative County 15.6
Stillbirths
The stillbirths allocated to the borough during the year were 63,
(31 males and 32 females) which represents a stillbirth rate per
thousand live and still births of 17.4 in the case of males, 18.3 in
the case of females, and 17.8 for all stillbirths.
Deaths
The deaths belonging to the borough registered during the year
were 2,617, consisting of 1,375 males and 1,242 females, giving a crude
death rate per thousand of the estimated population of 11.8. The area
comparability factor for deaths is 1.0 therefore the adjusted rate is
the same at 11.8 which compares with rates of 11.6 for England and
Wales and 11.7 for the Administrative County of London.
Infant mortality
Infant deaths (all deaths of live-born children under
one year) 64
Males Females Total
Legitimate 31 27 58
Illegitimate 2 4 6
Total 33 31 64