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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1962
Area of District in acres 5,935
Estimated mid-year population 76,930
Population Density—persons per acre 12.96
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1963 £4,281,973
Number of Inhabited Dwellings 25,212
Product of a Penny Rate (Estimated 1963/64) £17,650
Male
Female
Live Births 548 498 Total 1,046
Live Birth rate per 1,000 population 13.60
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births (61) 5.38
Male
Female
Still-births 10 6 Total 16
Still-births rate per 1,000 live and still-births 15.06
Total live and still-births 1,062
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 16
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 15.20
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 15.23
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births 32.77
Neonatal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000
total live births) 12.43
Early Neonatal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per
1,000 total live births) 10.52
Perinatal Mortality Rate (Stillbirths and deaths under
1 week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 25.42
Maternal Mortality (including abortion) 1
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births 94
Death Rate per 1,000 population from Cancer (199 deaths) 2.58
Death Rate per 1,000 population from Pulmonary Tuberculosis
(4 deaths) 0.05
Death Rate per 1,000 population from Non-Pulmonary
Tuberculosis (1 death) 0.01
Death Rate per 1,000 population from Accidents (23 deaths) 0.30
Birth Rate (including Stillbirths) per 1,000 population:
Crude 13.80
Corrected (x 1.05) 14.49
Male Female
All Deaths Registered 415 529 Total 944
Death Rate per 1,000 population:
Crude 12.27
Corrected(X 0.94) 11.53
Natural Increase:
Births exceeded deaths by 102.