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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 221,753
The Registrar-General's estimate of the home population
at midyear 1963 was 222,730. (This includes members of the
armed forces stationed in the area).
Rateable value
Rateable value of the borough at April 1, 1963 £8,854,026
Estimated net product of a penny rate 1963/4 £35,750
Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings
at April 1, 1963 66,307
Births (adjusted for inward and outward transfers)
Total Livebirths 3,996
Males Females Total
Legitimate 1,852 1,726 3,578 (3,497)
Illegitimate 207 211 418 (413)
Totals 2,059 1,937 3,996 (3,910)
Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated
population 17.9 (17.6)
Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes
(Area comparability factor = 0.97) 17.4 (16.9)
Birth rate for England and Wales 18.2 (18.0)
Adjusted birth rate for London Administrative
County 17.2 (17.6)
Stillbirths
Total (30 males and 24 females) 54 (50)
Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths) 13.3 (12.6)
(males 14.3 (10.3): females 12.2 (15.2)
Deaths
Total (1,367 males, 1,272 females) 2,639 (2,569)
Crude death rate per 1,000 population 11.8 (11.6)
Adjusted death rate 11.4 (11.5)
(Area comparability factor = 0.97)
Death rate for England and Wales 12.2 (11.9)
,, „ „ London Administrative County 12.5 (11.4)
Infant mortality
Infant deaths (all deaths of liveborn children
under one year)
Males Females Total
Legitimate 55 26 81 (66)
Illegitimate 5 6 11 (8)
Total 60 32 92 (74)