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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 1961 (preliminary report) 221,590
The Registrar-General's estimate of the home population at
midyear 1960 was 221,330. (This includes members of the
armed forces stationed in the area).
Rateable value
Rateable value of the borough at April 1, 1960 £3,184,562
Estimated net product of a penny rate 1960/61 £12,675
Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at
April 1, 1960 64,630
Births (adjusted for inward and outward transfers)
Livebirths 3,583
Males Females Total
Legitimate 1,702 1,646 3,348
Illegitimate 116 119 235
Totals 1,818 1,765 3,583
Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 16.2
Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes
(Area comparability factor = 0.95) 15.4
Birth rate for England and Wales 17.1
Adjusted birth rate for London Administrative County 16.0
Stillbirths
The stillbirths allocated to the borough during the year were 63,
(38 males and 25 females) which represents a stillbirth rate per
thousand live and still births of 20.4 in the case of males, 14.0 in
the case of females, and 17.3 for all stillbirths.
Deaths
The deaths belonging to the borough registered during the year
were 2,510, consisting of 1,375 males and 1,135 females, giving a crude
death rate per thousand of the estimated population of 11.3. The area
comparability factor for deaths is 1.0 therefore the adjusted rate is
the same at 11.3 which compares with rates of 11.5 for England and
Wales and 11.2 for the Administrative County of London.
Infant mortality
Infant deaths (all deaths of liveborn children under
one year) 68
Males Females Total
Legitimate 41 19 60
Illegitimate 5 3 8
Total 46 22 68