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VITAL STATISTICS 1971
Area of Borough (including foreshore) 15,896 acres
Population (Registrar General's estimate mid 1971) 216,525
Number of inhabited houses 73,443
Shops with dwellings 803
Offices, Restaurants, Hotels, etc. etc. 8,779
Rateable value (April 1971) £11,541,470
Product of a penny rate 46,404
Births Total Legitimate Illegitimate
Live Births — Male 1791 1711 80
Female 1677 1599 78
3468 3310 158
Still Births - Male 19 19 —
Female 21 21 —
40 40 —
Birth rate per 1,000 population 16.0
Number of deaths — all ages 2,149
Death rate per 1,000 population 11 -1
Infantile Mortality
Deaths under 1 year 57
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births 16
Maternal Mortality
Deaths of women from diseases or accidents associated Nil
with childbirth, including abortion.
Maternal death rate per 1,000 total births Nil
Deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis 4
Death rate per 1,000 population 0.01
Deaths from cancer of lung and bronchus 126
Death rate per 1,000 population 0.58
Deaths from all forms of cancer 469
Death rate per 1,000 population 2.17
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