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SECTION A
VITAL STATISTICS
During the year births registered exceeded deaths registered by 462 but
through rehousing and other reasons some 660 residents moved from the Borough
to other areas and the home population estimated by the Registrar General to
number 63,340 at the middle of the year shows a decrease of 200 compared with
the estimate for the previous year.
The birth rate was 17.79 per 1,000 of the population as compared with 17.78
for 1959. 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 17.0 as compared with 17.1 for England and Wales.
The death rate in 1960 was 10.48 per 1,000 of the population as compared
with 11.7 for 1959. Again using the comparability factor the adjusted death rate
would be 11.53 as compared with 11.5 for England and Wales. Comparative rates for
the previous year were 12.9 and 11.6 respectively.
The infant mortality rate, being the number of deaths of infants under one
year of age per 1,000 births, was 26.6 as compared with 18.5 for the previous
year. The figures for England and Wales are 21.7 and 22.0 respectively.