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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) 508,16
Registrar-General's estimate of total population (mid-year)
1962 88,560
Rateable Value at 31st March, 1962 £1,377,974
Rateable Value at 31st March, 1963 £1,401,948
Rate in the Pound, 1962/3 23/2
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1963 £3,956,368
Rate in the Pound, 1963/4 9/2
Product of a Penny Rate for the year ended 31st March, 1963 £5,710
Number of Valuation Assessments as at 31st March, 1962:—
Houses and Flats 26,473
Houses, Agricultural 94
Houses and Shops (assessed together) 343
Other Shops, etc. 526
Other Commercial Premises 1,677
Industrial Premises 85
Crown Properties 39
29,237
Mileage of Roads as at 31st December, 1962:—
County Roads, Class I (including Trunk Roads) 21.42
County Roads, Class II 4.30
County Roads, Class III 6.12
District Roads 81.90
Unadopted Roads 9.00
122.74
Vital Statistics.

Crude birth rate per 1,000 estimated total population 15.3
Adjusted birth rate for comparison with other areas 15.0
(The area comparability factor for births is 0.98.)
Illegitimate live births (per cent. of total live births) 3.7
Birth rate for England and Wales 18.0

Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 live and still births 15.2
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 estimated total population 0.2
Stillbirth Rate for England and Wales 18.1