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8.
STATISTICS
Area of Borough - 863 acres Street Mileage 26.37
Rateable Value at April, 1961 £706,134
Estimated Net Product of 1d. Rate £2,850
Registrar-General's Estimate of Population mid-1961 - 52,180
Births,
Total
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Males
655
561
94
Females
629
522
107
1,284
1,083
201
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 24.61
Area comparability factor 0.89
Number of stillbirths 28
Still-birth rate per 1,000 live and still births 21.34
Illegitimate live births per cent, of total live births 15.65
Deaths
Deaths (males 266: females 303) 569
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 10.90
Area comparability factor 1.15
Deaths from maternal causes 2
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births 1.52
Deaths of infants under 1 year (males 18: females 17) 35
Infants under 1 years: Infant Mortality Rate
All infants per 1,000 live births 27.26
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 28.62
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 19.90
Deaths of Infants under 4 weeks (males 15: females 15) 30
Neo Natal (first 4 weeks) mortality rate per 1,000 live births 23.36
Early Neo Natal (under one week) mortality rate per 1,000 live
births 18.69
Perinatal (still births and deaths under 1 week combined)
mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births 39.63