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VITAL STATISTICS
Land Area 1,131 acres
Estimated Number of Dwellings 25,211
Dwellings Erected by Borough Council During Year 92
* Approximate Rateable Value (Total) £6,270,720
(Dwellings) £1,646,197
* Sum represented by a Penny Rate £25,195
population:
Census 1961 86,249
Registrar General's estimate (mid-1963) 85,870
This estimate represents a decrease in the figure
for 1962 of 570
The natural increase in population - that is, the excess of
births over deaths - was 391 compared with 418 for the previous
year.
1953 - 96,870 1958 - 89,920
1954 - 95,370 1959 - 88,720
1955 - 93,820 1960 - 88,690
1956 - 92,300 1961 - 86,270
1957 - 91,140 1962 - 86,440
Live - Births - 1580: Rate per 1,000 pop 18.3
Adjusted by comparability factor (0.93) 17.0
Still births - 21: Rate per 1,000 total births 13.1
Total births - Live and still 1,601
Total deaths - 1189. Rate pre 1,000 pop. 13.8
Adjusted by comparability factor (0.97) 13.3
Infant deaths - 30: Rate per 1,000 live births 18.9
Rate per 1,000 live births, legitimate 19.6
illegitimate 12.8
Neo-Natal mortality 21 (under 4 weeks)
Rate per 1,000 live births 13.2
Illegitimate Live Births - 156
Percentage of total live births 9.8
Maternal Deaths (including abortion) nil
Rate per 1,000 live and still births nil
Deaths under 1 week excl. still births 17
Perinatal rate per 1,000 total births 23.7