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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1971
Area of Borough (Acres) 4,876 Rateable Value (1st April 1971) £14, 970, 633
Population:
Mid-year estimate ... 164, 650 Sum represented by a penny rate (1971-2) £ 133,800
Census, 1971 164, 948 General Rate (1971-2)
Census, 1961 205,682 Dwelling houses 90.5p. in £
Density of population (persons per acre) 33. 77 Mixed hereditaments 95.5p. in £
Number of inhabited dwellings according to Rate Books at 1st April 1971 61,193
„ „ structurally separate dwellings - Census 1961 59,885
„ „ private households - Census 1961 67,858
Births Total Male Female
All Births 2,265 1,179 1,086
Live Births Legitimate 1, 928 997 931
Illegitimate 306 166 140
Total: 2,234 1,163 1,071
Still Births Legitimate 29 15 14
Illegitimate 2 11
Total; 31 16 15
Deaths
All Causes 2,147 1,195 952
Maternal - - -
Infants under 1 year Legitimate 44 30 14
Illegitimate 10 8 2
Total: 54 38 16
Rates
Live birth-rate per 1,000 population 13.57
Death rate per 1,000 population 13.04
Still-birth rate per 1,000 total births 13.69
Maternal death rate per 1,000 total births 00.00
Infant death rate (under 1 year) per 1, 000 live births 24.17
Legitimate infant death rate per 1, 000 legitimate live births 22.82
Illegitimate infant death rate per 1, 000 illegitimate live births 32. 68
Neo-natal death rate (under 4 weeks) per 1, 000 live births 18.35
Early neo-natal death rate (under 1 week) per 1, 000 live births 15.22
Perinatal death rate (still births plus deaths under 1 week) per 1, 000 total births 28.70
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 13.69
Area Comparability Factors Births 0.92 Deaths 1.19
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