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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1972
Area of Borough (Acres) 4,876 Rateable Value (1st April 1972) £15,120,962
Population;
Mid-year estimate 159,200 Estimated product of a penny
rate (1972-3) £ 135,250
Census, 1971 164,948 General Rate (1972-3)
Dwelling Houses 100.50 p in £
Census, 1961 205,682 Mixed hereditaments 106, 00 pin £
Density of population
(persons per acre) 32.64
Number of inhabited dwellings according to Rate Books at 1st April 1972 61,406
" " structurally separate dwellings - Census 1971 55,545
" " private households - Census 1971 57,465
Births Total Male Female
All Births 2,010 1,040 970
Live Births Legitimate 1, 691 872 819
Illegitimate 288 147 141
Total; 1,979 1,019 960
Still Births Legitimate 28 18 10
Illegitimate 3 3 -
Total; 31 21 10
Deaths
All Causes 2,209 1,177 1,032
Maternal - - -
Infants under 1 year Legitimate 44 26 18
Illegitimate 8 2 6
Total: 52 28 24
Rates
Live birth-rate per 1,000 population 12.43
Death rate per 1, 000 population 13, 87
Still-birth rate per 1, 000 total births 15.42
Maternal death rate per 1,000 total births 00.00
Infant death rate (under 1 year) per 1,000 live births 26.27
Legitimate infant death rate per 1.000 legitimate live births 26.02
Illegitimate infant death rate per 1, 000 illegitimate live births 27.77
Neo-natal death rate (under 4 weeks)per 1, 000 live births 15.15
Early neo-natal death rate (under 1 week) per 1.000 live births 11.62
Perinatal death rate (still births plus deaths under 1 week) per 1, 000 total births 26.86
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 14.55
Area Comparability Factors Births 1.10 Deaths 1.05
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