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VITAL STATISTICS
Land Area 1,131 acres
Estimated Number of Dwellings 25,167
Dwellings Erected by Borough Council During Year 148
* Approximate Rateable Value (Total) £2,467,532
(Dwellings) £570,001
* Sum represented by a Penny Rate £9, 250
Population:
Census 1961 86,249
Registrar General's estimate (mid-1962) 86,440
This estimate represents an increase in the figure for
1961 of 170
The natural increase in population - that is, the excess of
births over deaths - was 418 compared with 444 for the previous
year
1952 - 97,970 1957 - 91,140
1953 - 96,870 1958 - 89,920
1954 - 95,370 1959 - 88,720
1955 - 93,820 1960 - 88,690
1956 - 92,300 1961 - 86,270
Live - Births - 1651: Rate per 1,000 pop 19.1
Adjusted by comparability factor (0.91) 17.3
Still births - 29: Rate per 1,000 total births 17.2
Total births - Live and still 1,680
Total deaths - 1233: Rate per 1,000 pop 14.2
Adjusted by comparability factor (0.84) 11.9
Infant deaths - 34: Rate per 1,000 live births 20.5
Rate per 1,000 live births, legitimate 20.1
illegitimate 25.1
Neo-Natal mortality - 22 (under 4 weeks)
Rate per 1,000 live births 13.3
Illegitimate Live Births - 159
Percentage of total live births 9.6
Maternal Deaths (including abortion) 1
Rate per 1,000 live and still births 0.5
Perinatal mortality - 20 (under 1 week)
Rate per 1,000 total births 29.1