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VITAL STATISTICS
NOTE—The principal figures for the previous year are italicised in brackets.
Area
The area 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 1962 was 222,170. (This includes members of the
armed forces stationed in the area).
Rateable value
Rateable value of the borough at April 1, 1962 £3,199,540
Estimated net product of a penny rate 1962/3 £13,020
Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings
at April 1, 1962 65,758
Births (adjusted for inward and outward transfers)
Total Livebirths 3,910
Males Females Total
Legitimate 1,829 1,668 3,497 (3,437)
Illegitimate 197 216 413 (303)
Totals 2,026 1,884 3,910 (3,740)
Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated
population 17.6 (16.9)
Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes
(Area comparability factor = 0.96) 16.9 (16.3)
Birth rate for England and Wales 18.0 (17.4)
Adjusted birth rate for London Administrative
County 17.6 (16.8)
Stillbirths
Total (21 males and 29 females) 50 (72)
Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths) 12.6 (18.9)
(males 10.3 (21.1): females 15.2 (16.6))
Deaths
Total (1,365 males, 1,204 females) 2,569 (2,586)
Crude death rate per 1,000 population 11.6 (11.7)
Adjusted death rate 11.5 (11.2)
(Area comparability factor = 0.99)
Death rate for England and Wales 11.9 (12.0)
„ ,, ,, London Administrative County 12-0 (11.4)
Infant mortality
Infant deaths (all deaths of liveborn children
under one year)
Males Females Total
Legitimate 45 21 66 (65)
Illegitimate 4 4 8 (9)
Total 49 25 74 (74)