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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1961
Area, 12,672 acres.
Population (Census 1961), 252,470. Total population (estimate
of Registrar-General), 252,470 (Midsummer, 1961)
Number of Inhabited Houses: 75, 587
Rateable Value of Borough (1st April, 1961: £5,184,042.
Product of a Penny Rate (1960-1961): £20, 445. 11s. 5d.
Rate in the £. 18s. 0d. (for the year ending 31.3.61).
Live Births:
Males Females Total
Legitimate 1,933 1,959 3,892
Illegitimate 140 157 297
4,189
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 7.1
Live Birth Rate(as adjusted by comparability factor (0.99) 16.4
(England and Wales 17.4
Stillbirths 54
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total(live and still)births 12.7
(England and Wales 18.7
Total Births 4,243
Infant Deaths 63
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 15
(England and Wales 21.4
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate births 15
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate births 17
Neo-natal Mortality rate (First four weeks)
per 1,000 total live births 10
(England and Wales 15.5
Early Neo-natal Mortality rate (First week)
per 1,000 total live births 8.8
Perinatal Mortality rate (stillbirths + deaths during the
first week)per 1,000 total live and still births 2L4
Maternal Deaths (excluding abortion) 1
Maternal Mortality rate (including abortion)
per 1,000 total live and still births 0.24
(England and Wales 0.33
Deaths, 3,089. Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated
population 12.2
(England and Wales 12.0
Death rate(as adjusted by comparability factor 0.93 11.3