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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1960
Area of District in acres 5,935
Estimated mid-year population 75,510
Population Density—persons per acre 12.72
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1961 £1,502,987
Number of Inhabited Dwellings 24,088
Product of a Penny Rate (Estimated 1961/62) £6,125
Male Female
Live Births 555 501 Total 1,056
Live Birth rate per 1,000 population 13.98
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births (29) 3.03
Male Female
Still-births 48 Total 12
Still-births rate per 1,000 live and still-births 11.23
Total live and still-births 1,068
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 12
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 11.36
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 9.77
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births 62.50
Neonatal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000
total live births) 9.47
Early Neonatal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per
1,000 total live births) 6.63
Perinatal Mortality Rate (Stillbirths and deaths under
1 week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 17.79
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 (182 deaths) 2.41
Death Rate per 1,000 population from Pulmonary Tuberculosis
(1 death) 0.01
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 14.14
Corrected (x 1.06) 14.99
Male Female
All Deaths Registered 387 465 Total 852
Death Rate per 1,000 population:
Crude 11.28
Corrected (x 0.94) 10.60
Natural Increase:
Births exceeded deaths by 204.
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