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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1961
Area of District in acres 5,935
Estimated mid-year population 76,600
Population Density—persons per acre 12.91
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1962 £1,525,000
Number of Inhabited Dwellings 24,524
Product of a Penny Rate (Estimated 1962/63) £6,220
Male Female
Live Births 541 503 Total 1,044
Live Birth rate per 1,000 population 13.63
illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births (41) 3.93
Male Female
Still-births 8 4 Total 12
Still-births rate per 1,000 live and still-births 11.36
Total live and still-births 1.096
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 9
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 8.62
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 8.97
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births 0.00
Neonatal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000
total live births) 6.70
Early Neonatal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per
1,000 total live births) 5.75
Perinatal Mortality Rate (Stillbirths and deaths under
1 week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 17.04
Maternal Mortality (including abortion) 1
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births .95
Death Rate per 1,000 population from Cancer (193 deaths) 2.52
Death Rate per 1,000 population from Pulmonary Tuberculosis
(1 death) 0.01
Death Rate per 1,000 population from Non-Pulmonary
Tuberculosis (0 death) 0.00
Death Rate per 1,000 population from Accidents (16 deaths) 0.21
Birth Rate (including Stillbirths) per 1,000 population :
Crude 13.79
Corrected (X 1.06) 14.62
Male Female
All Deaths Registered 387 490 Total 877
Death Rate per 1,000 population :
Crude 11.45
corrected (x 0.94) 10.76
Natural Increase :
Births exceeded deaths by 167.
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