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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1959
Area of District in acres 5,935
Estimated mid-year population 75,220
Population Density—persons per acre 12.70
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1960 £1,483,838
Number of Inhabited Dwellings 24,088
Product of a Penny Rate (Estimated 1960/61) £6,087
Male Female
Live Births 484 469 Total 953
Live Birth rate per 1,000 population 12.67
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births (29) 3.04
Male Female
Still-births 7 8 Total 15
Still-births rate per 1,000 live and still-births 15.49
Total live and still-births 968
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 14
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 14.69
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 15.16
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births 34.48
Neonatal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000
total live births) 11.54
Early Neonatal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per
1,000 total live births) 11.54
Perinatal Mortality Rate (Stillbirths and deaths under
1 week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 26.86
Maternal Mortality (including abortion) 0
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births 0.00
Death Rate per 1,000 population from Cancer (186 deaths) 2.47
Death Rate per 1,000 population from Pulmonary Tuberculosis
(2 deaths) 0.03
Death Rate per 1,000 population from Non-Pulmonary
Tuberculosis (1 death) 0.01
Death Rate per 1,000 population from Accidents (21 deaths) 0.28
Birth Rate (including Stillbirths) per 1,000 population :
Crude 12.87
Corrected (x 1.06) 13.64
Male Female
All Deaths Registered 428 448 Total 876
Death Rate per 1,000 population:
Crude 11.65
Corrected (x 0.92) 10.71
Natural Increase:
Births exceeded deaths by 77.
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