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SECTION A
VITAL STATISTICS
During the year births registered exceeded deaths registered by 467 but
through rehousing and other reasons some 2,100 residents moved from the Borough
to other areas and the home population estimated by the Registrar General to number
68,620 at the middle of the year shows a decrease of 1,640 compared with the
estimate for the previous year.
The birth rate was 17.5 per 1,000 of the population as compared with 16.6
for 1855. To enable a fair comparison to be made with other areas and the country
as a whole, area comparability factors which take into consideration the age and
sex distribution of the population are provided by the Registrar General. Factors
are supplied both for births and deaths. Using the comparability factor the
adjusted birth rate would be 16.1 as compared with 15.7 for England and Wales.
The death rate in 1956 was 10.7 per 1,000 of the population as compared with
10.9 for 1955. Again using the comparability factor the adjusted death rate woul d
be 12.6 as compared with 11.7 for England and Wales. Comparative rates for the
previous year were 12.4 and 11.7 respectively.
The infant mortality rate, being the number of deaths of infants under one
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