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VITAL STATISTICS
Area of the borough 8,579 acres.
Population
Census 1961 290,582
Estimate of Registrar General at midyear 1969 282,080
Rateable Value
Rateable value of the borough at April 1,1969 £ 12,477,671
Estimated net product of a penny rate 1969/70 £48,750
Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at April, 1 1969 89,029
Births Males Females Total
Legitimate 1,993 1,900 3,893
Illegitimate 311 313 624
Totals 2,304 2,213 4,517
Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 16-0
Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes
(Area comparability factor=0.96) 15-4
Ratio of adjusted birth rate to national rate 0-94
Illegitimate live births as percentage of all live births 14-0
Stillbirths
Total (40 males and 22 females) 62
Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths 13-5
(males 17-1, females 9.8)
Deaths
Total (1,723 males, 1,644 females) 3,367
Crude death rate per 1,000 population 11 • 8
Adjusted death rate
(area comparability factor= 0-96) 11*4
Ratio of adjusted death rate to national rate 0-96
Infant mortality
Infant deaths (all deaths of liveborn children under one year)
Males Females Total
Legitimate 47 32 79
Illegitimate 11 3 14
Totals 58 35 93
Death rate of all infants per 1000 li vebirths 20-6
Death rate of legitimate infants per 1000 legitimate livebirths 20-2
Death rate of illegitimate infants per 1000 illegitimate livebirths 22-4
Death rate of male infants per 1000 male livebirths 25-2
Death rate of female infants per 1000 female livebirths 15-8
Neonatal deaths (under 4 weeks of age) 60
(39 males, 21 females)
Males per 1000 male livebirths 16-9
Females per 1000 female livebirths 9-5
All infants per 1000livebirths 13-3
Early neonatal deaths (under 1 week of age) 50
(29 males, 21 females)
Males per 1000 male livebirths 12-6
Females per 1000 female livebirths 9-5
All infants per 1000 livebirths 11-1
Perinatal mortality (deaths under 1 week plus stillbirths) 112
(69 males. 43 females)
Males per 1000 live and still male births 29-4
Females per 1000 live and still female births 19-2
All infants per 1000 live and stillbirths 24-4
Reproductive wastage (stillbirths plus all infant deaths) 155
Males per 10001ive and still male births 41-8
Females per 1000 live and still female births 25-5
All infants per 1000 live and stillbirths 33-8
Maternal deaths
Maternal deaths 3
Maternal mortality rate per 1000 live and stillbirths 0-7
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