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VITAL STATISTICS
Land Area
1,131 acres
Estimated Number of Dwellings
24,483
Dwellings Erected by Borough Council During Year
113
Approximate Rateable Value (Total)
£2,013,608
(Dwellings)
£540,661
Sum represented by a Penny Rate
£8,060
Population:
Registrar General's estimate (mid-1958) 89,920
This represents a decrease in the figure for 1957 of 1,220. The
natural increase in population - that is, the excess of births over
deaths - was 456, compared with 560 for the previous year.
1948 - 94,630
1949 - 96,810
1950 - 97,080
1951 - 97,930
1952 - 97,970
1953 - 96,870
1954 - 95,370
1955 - 93,820
1956 - 92,300
1957 - 91,140
Live births - 1606 = Rate per 1,000 pop 17.8
Adjusted by comparability factor (0.84) 15.8
Still births - 33: Rate per 1,000 total births 20.1
Total births - live and still 1,639
Total deaths - 1150: Rate per 1,000 pop 12.7
Adjusted by comparability factor (0.81) 10.2
Infant deaths - 43: Rate per 1,000 live births 26.7
Rate per 1,000 live births, legitimate 25.3
illegitimate 47.6
Neo-Natal mortality - 30 (under 4 weeks)
Rate per 1,000 live births 18.6
Illegitimate Live Births - 105
Percentage of total live births 6.5
Maternal Deaths (including abortion) 1
Rate per 1,000 live and still births 0.6