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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS. 1966
Area of Borough (Acres) 4,994 Rateable Value (1st April) £14,759,006
Population:
Mid-year estimate 202,560
Census, 1961 (former Sum represented by a penny
Boroughs) 205.682 rate (1966-67) £61,496
Density of population
(persons per acre) 41.54 General Rate (1966-67) lis. 4d. in £
Number of inhabited dwellings according to Rate Books 61,991
" structurally separate dwellings - Census 1961 59,885
" " private households - Census 1961 67,858
Births Total Male Female
All Births 3,766 1,929 1,837
Live Births Legitimate 3,272 1,680 1,592
Illegitimate 431 219 212
Total: 3,703 1,899 1,804
Still-Births Legitimate 54 26 28
Illegitimate 9 4 5
Total: 63 30 33
Deaths
All Causes 2,245 1,228 1,017
Maternal Nil - Nil
Infants under 1 year Legitimate 56 35 21
Illegitimate 6 5 1
Total: 62 40 22
Rates
Live birth-rate per 1,000 population 18.28
Death rate per 1,000 population 11.08
Still-birth rate per 1,000 total births 16.73
Maternal death rate per 1,000 total births
Infant death rate (under l year) per 1,000 live births 16.74
Legitimate infant death rate per 1,000 legitimate live births 17.11
Illegitimate infant death rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births 13.92
Neo-natal death rate (under 4 weeks) per 1,000 live births 12.15
Early neo-natal death rate (under l week) per 1,000 live births 10.53
Perinatal death rate (stillbirths plus deaths under l week) per
1,000 total births 27.08
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 11.64
Area Comparability Factors Births 0.93 Deaths 1.14