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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1959
Area, 12,672 acres.
Population (Census 1951), 249,870. Total population (estimate
of Registrar-General), 249,000 (Midsummer, 1959).
Number of Inhabited Houses: 73,837.
Rateable Value (1st April, 1959): £4,846,447.
Product of a Penny Rate (1958-1959): £18,183
Rate in the £: 15s. (for the year ending 31.3.59).
Live Births:
Males Females Total
Legitimate 1,741 1,788 3,529
Illegitimate 149 127 276
3,805
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 7.3
Live Birth Rate(as adjusted by camparability factor(l.00) 15.3
(England and Wales 16.5)
Stillbirths 69
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still)births 17.8
(England and Wales 20.7)
Total Births 3,874
Infant Deaths 80
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 21
(England and Wales 22)
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate births 21
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate births 25
Neo-natal Mortality rate (First four weeks)
per 1,000 total live births 15
(England and Wales 15.8)
Early Neo-natal Mortality rate (First week)
per 1,000 total live births 13
Perinatal Mortality rate (stillbirths + deaths during the
first week)per 1,000 total live and still births 31
Maternal Deaths (excluding abortion) 1
Maternal Mortality rate (including abortion)
per 1,000 total live and still births 0.26
(England and Wales 0.38)
Deaths, 3,037. Death-rate per 1,000 of the
estimated population 12.2
(England and Wales 11.6)
Death rate(as adjusted by comparability factor 0.93) 11.3