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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
1969 7968
(where applicable)
Area (acres) 5,334
Population (Registrar General's Estimate, mid-year 1969) 240,360 243,960
Population, Census, 1961 271,703
Domestic rateable hereditaments 86,582 86,170
Rateable Value (at 1st April, 1969) £109,689,288 £107,424,973
BIRTHS
Live Births (registered)—
Total Males Females
1969 1968 1969 1968 1969 1968
Legitimate 2,388 2,649 1,226 1,337 1,162 1,312
Illegitimate 511 531 254 282 257 249
2,899 3,180 1,480 1,619 1,419 1,561
1969 1968
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 12.06 13.03
Area Comparability Factor—Births: 0.74
Birth rate (adjusted) 8.92 9.64
(Rate for England and Wales, 16.3)
Stillbirths (legitimate—males 15; females 12; illegitimate—males 8; females 4) 39 40
Rate of stillbirths per 1,000 (live and still) births 13.27 12.42
Total live and stillbirths 2,938 3,220
Illegitimate live births per cent. of total live births 17.63 16.69
Premature births notified (live 219 (250); still 19 (22)) 238 272
DEATHS
Net deaths (males 1,542; females 1,456) 2,998 2,822
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 12.47 11.57
Area Comparability Factor—Deaths: 1.05
Death rate (adjusted) 13.09 12.15
(Rate for England and Wales, 11.9)
Deaths arising from pregnancy, childbirth, and abortion 2 Nil
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 0.68 —
Deaths of infants under one year (legitimate—males 29; females 16;
illegitimate—males 9; females 11) 65 49
Death rate of infants under one year—
All infants per 1,000 live births 22.42 15.41
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 18.84 15.48
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 39.14 15.06
Neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under four weeks per 1,000 total live
births) 18.28 10.69
Early neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under one week per 1,000 total
live births) 16.56 9.75
Peri-natal mortality rate (stillbirths plus deaths under one week per 1,000
total live and stillbirths) 29.61 22.05