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Births
The total number of live births to residents in the Borough
registered in 1971 was 4,892, comprising 2,513 males and 2,379
females.
The crude birth-rate was 16.3 per 1,000 population. The rate as
adjusted by the area comparability factor was 15.6. The live birthrate
for England and Wales was 16.00.
During the year there were 833 illegitimate live births to residents
in the Borough, representing 17 per cent, of the total live
births for the area. The national average was 8 per cent.
Stillbirths during the year numbered 45, giving a total of 4,937
live and still births for the whole area.
Deaths
There has been no unusual or excessive mortality during the
year.
The number of deaths assigned to the Borough, after adjustment
for inward and outward transfers, was 3,997, comprising 1.902
males and 2,095 females.
The crude death-rate was 13.3 per 1,000 population, and the
adjusted death-rate, after application of the area comparability
factor, 11.2. The death-rate for England and Wales was 11.6.
Table 1 is the general mortality table for the Borough, and
shows the number of deaths from each cause divided into sexes, age
groups and locality. Table 2 shows the deaths from heart disease.
The causes of death shown in Table 1 are based on the International
Abbreviated List of 50 causes (B List), with some subdivisions,
from the World Health Organisation's Manual of the
International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and
Causes of Death (8th revision, Geneva, 1969).