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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)
1958 88,540
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1958 £1,214,889
Rateable Value at 31st March, 1959 £1,261,396
Product of a Penny Rate for year ended 31st March, 1959 £4,930
Number of Valuation assessments as at 31st March, 1958: —
Houses and Flats 25,264
Houses, Agricultural 94
Houses and Shops (assessed together) 352
Other Shops, etc 482
Other Commercial Premises 1,197
Industrial Premises 61
Crown properties 40
27,490
Mileage of Roads as at 31st December, 1958: —
County Roads, Class 1 (including Trunk Roads) 21.42
County Roads, Class 2 4.30
County Roads, Class 3 6.12
District Roads 79.21
Unadopted Roads 9.00
120.05
Vital Statistics.
Live Births.
Males. Females. Total. Crude birth rate per 1,000 estimated total population 15.2
Legitimate 651 637 1,288
Illegitimate 32 22 54 Adjusted birth rate for comparison with other areas 14.7.
683 659 1,342 (Area comparability factor for births is 0.97.)
Birth rate for England and Wales 16.4.
Stillbirths.
Males. Females. Total.
Legitimate 10 15 25
Illegitimate 2 — 2
12 15 27
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 estimated total population 0.3
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and still births 19.72