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PART 2
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 11,142
Registrar-General's estimate of population, mid 1959 69,320
Population, Census 1931 37,666
Population, Census 1951 63,770
Number of occupied houses, December, 1959 20,691
Number of occupied houses, 1931 9,533
Number of occupied houses, 1951 18,071
Rateable Value, December, 1959 £1,366,306
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,515
VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1959
Live Births 1,039
Live birth rate per 1,000
population 14.9
Corrected 16.5
Live Births-Legitimate
Live Births-Illegitimate
M
F
499
21
506
13
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births=3.2
Still-births 21
Still-birth rate per 1,000
live and still-births 19.8
Total live and still-births 1,060
Infant deaths 19
Still-births-Legitimate
Still-births-Illegitimate
11
–
8
2
Infant deathsLegitimate
9
8
Infant deathsIllegitimate
1
1
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births-total 18.2
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births-legitimate 16.9
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births-illegitimate 58.8
Neo Natal Mortality rate per 1,000 live births (first four
weeks) 11.5
Early Neo Natal Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births
(first week) 11.5
Perinatal Mortality Rate per 1,000 live and still-births
(still-births and deaths under 1 week combined) 31.1
Maternal deaths (including abortion) 1
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births 0.94
M
F
394
533
Deaths 927
Death rate per 1,000
population 13.3
Corrected 9.9
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