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SECTION A.
VITAL AND OTHER STATISTICS AND SOCIAL
CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
General Statistics.
Area of the Urban District (in acres) 8,957
Area of Parks, Open Spaces, etc. (in acres) 480
Registrar General's estimate of total population (mid-year)
1960. 89,750
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1960. £1,309,618
Rateable Value at 31st March, 1961. £1,327,917
Product of a Penny Rate for year ended 31st March, 1961. £5,380
Number of Valuation assessments as at 31st March, 1960:—
Houses and Flats 25,952
Houses, Agricultural 95
Houses and Shops (assessed together) 345
Other Shops, etc. 500
Other Commercial Premises 1,358
Industrial Premises 72
Crown Properties 38
28,360
Mileage of Roads as at 31st December, 1960:—
County Roads, Class 1 (including Trunk Roads) 21.42
County Roads, Class 2 4.30
County Roads, Class 3 6.12
District Roads 80.83
Unadopted Roads 9.00
121.67

Crude birth rate per 1,000 estimated total population 14.8
Adjusted birth rate for comparison with other areas 14.3
(The area comparability factor for births is 0.97.)
Illegitimate live births (per cent of total live births) 3.8
Birth rate for England and Wales 17.1