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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1958
Area, 12,672 acres.
Population (Census 1951), 249,870. Tbtal population (estimate
of Registrar-General), 249,500 (Midsummer, 1958).
Number of Inhabited Houses: 72,959.
Rateable Value (1st April, 1958): £4,405.334.
Product of a Penny Rate (1957-1958): £17, 742.
Rate in the £ 15s. 2d. (for the year ending 31.3.58).
Live Births: Males Females Total
Legitimate 1,838 1,821 3,659
Illegitimate 95 98 193
3,852
Live Birth Rate (as adjusted hy comparability factor 0.99) 15.2
(England and Wales 16.4)
Stillbirths 76
Stillbirth rate per 1,000
total (live and still) births 19.3
(England and Wales 21.6)
Total Births 3928
Infant Deaths 69
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 18
(England and Wales 23)
" " " 1,000 legitimate births 18
" " " 1,000 illegitimate births 21
Neo-natal Mortality rate (First four weeks)
per 1,000 related live births 13
Early Neo-natal Mortality rate (First week)
per 1,000 related live births 12
Perinatal Mortality rate (stillbirths + deaths
during the first week) per 1,000 total
live and still births 30
Percentage of illegitimate live births 5
Maternal Deaths (excluding abortion) 4
Maternal Mortality rate (including abortion)
per 1,000 total births 1.02
(England and Wales 0.43)
Deaths, 2,995. Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 12.0
(England and Wales 11.7)
Death rate (as adjusted by comparability factor 0.90) 10.8