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The natural increase of population, measured by excess of
births over deaths was 625.
Next year, being a Census year, we should receive an accurate
figure of the population and many other interesting pieces of information.
BIRTHS.
1,327 live births were registered during the year, as compared
with 1,271 in 1959.
The birth rate for 1960 was 14.8 per 1,000 total population.
The adjusted rate for comparison with other areas being 14.3.
Of the births registered, 698 were males and 629 females.
The rate of 14.8 is .5 higher than that for the year 1959, but
is well below the figure of 17.1 which is the rate for England
and Wales as a whole.
3.8% of the total number of live births were illegitimate, 51
such births being registered, 29 males and 22 females.
31 stillbirths were registered, giving a rate of 0.35 per 1,000
estimated total population, and 22.8 per 1,000 total live and still
births. 14 of the stillbirths were males and 17 females.
DEATHS.
702 deaths appertaining to the Urban District were registered
during 1960, giving a Death Rate of 7.8 per 1,000 total population.
The adjusted rate for use when comparing one area with another
is 10.1. The rate for England and Wales as a whole is 11.5.
Of the deaths registered, 334 were males and 368 females.
The following is an analysis of the ages at death :
Under 1 year of age 23
1 and under 5 years of age 1
5 and under 15 years of age 3
15 and under 25 years of age 8
25 and under 35 years of age 8
35 and under 45 years of age 24
45 and under 55 years of age 54
55 and under 65 years of age 119
65 and under 75 years of age 172
75 years of age and over 290
702
Full details of the causes of death will be found in Table II in
the appendix to this report, but the following table, giving details
of certain causes of death in the Urban District during the past ten
years, may prove of interest:—