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SECTION A.
VITAL AND OTHER STATISTICS AND SOCIAL
CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area of the Urban District (in acres) 8,957
Census, 1951 83,850
Registrar General's estimate of total population (mid-year)
1957 87,790
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1957 £1,183,935
Rateable Value at 31st March, 1958 £1,214,889
Product of a Penny Rate for year ended 31st March, 1958 £4,775
Number of Valuation assessments as at 31st March, 1957: —
Houses and Flats, including Flats over shops 24,735
Farmhouses 93
Shops, including Flats over shops 823
Industrial and Miscellaneous premises 1,084
Crown properties 42
26,777
Mileage of Roads as at 31st March, 1956: —
County Roads, Class 1 (including Trunk Roads) 21.42
County Roads, Class 2 4.30
County Roads, Class 3 6.12
District Roads 78.33
Unadopted Roads 9.00
119.17
Vital Statistics.
Live Births.
Males. Females. Total. Crude birth rate per 1,000
Legitimate 598 594 1,192 estimated total population
Illegitimate 16 19 35 14.0.
Adjusted birth rate for com-
614 613 1,227 parative purposes 13.6.
(Area comparability factor
for births is 0.97.)
Birth rate for England and Wales 16.1.
Stillbirths.
Males. Females. Total.
Legitimate 14 9 23
Illegitimate — — —
14 9 23
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 estimated total population 0.26
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and still births 18.4
Deaths.
Males. Females. Total. Crude death rate per 1,000
365 368 733 estimated total population
8.3.
Adjusted death rate for comparative
purposes 11.0.
(Area comparability factor
for deaths is 1.32.)
Death rate for England and Wales 11.5.