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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) 507.42
Registrar General's estimate of total population (mid-year)
1961 87,480
Rateable Value at 31st March, 1961 £1,327,917
Rateable Value at 31st March, 1962 £1,377,974
Product of a Penny Rate for year ended 31st March, 1962 £5,575
Number of Valuation assessments as at 31st March, 1961: —
Houses and Flats 26,226
Houses, Agricultural 95
Houses and Shops (assessed together) 348
Other Shops, etc 512
Other Commercial Premises 1,456
Industrial Premises 78
Crown Properties 37
28,752
Mileage of Roads as at 31st December, 1961: —
County Roads, Class I (including Trunk Roads) 21.42
County Roads, Class II 4.30
County Roads, Class III 6.12
District Roads 81.45
Unadopted Roads 9.00
122.29
Vital Statistics.
Live Births.
Males. Females. Total.
Legitimate 619 620 1,239
Illegitimate 22 25 47
641 645 1,286
Crude birth rate per 1,000 estimated total population 14.7
Adjusted birth rate for comparison with other areas 14.4
(The area comparability factor for births is 0.98.)
Birth rate for England and Wales 17.4
Illegitimate live births (per cent of total births) 3.65
Stillbirths.
Males. Females. Total.
Legitimate 12 11 23
Illegitimate — 1 1
12 12 24
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and still births 18.3
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 estimated total population 0.27