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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1962
Area, 12,672 acres.
Population (Census 1961), 252,501 Total population (estimate
of Registrar-General), 253,690 (Midsummer, 1962 )
Number of Inhabited Houses: 76, 424
Rateable Value of Borough (1st April,) 1962. £5,184,042
Product of a Penny Rate (1961-1962): £21,039.0s. Id.
Rate in the £. 19s.0d. (for the year ending 31 3.62.
Live Births:
Males Females Total
Legitimate 2,135 1,950 4,085
Illegitimate 172 183 355
4, 440
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total births 8.0
Live Birth Rate(as adjusted by comparability factor 0.99) 17.3
(England and Wales) 18. 0
Stillbirths 65
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total(live and still) births 14.4
(England and Wales) 18. 1
Total Births 4,505
Infant Deaths 75
Infant Mortality rate per 1, 000 live births 16. 9
(England and Wales) 21. 4
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate births 17
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate births 20
Neo-natal Mortality rate (First four weeks)
per 1,000 total live births 14.2
(England and Wales) 15.1
Early Neo-natal Mortality rate (First week)
per 1,000 total live births 12.8
Perinatal Mortality rate (stillbirths + deaths during the
first week)per 1,000 total live and still births 24.9
Maternal Deaths (excluding abortion) Nil
Maternal Mortality rate (including abortion)
per 1,000 total live and still births ... Nil
(England and Wales) 0. 35
Deaths, 3,179. Death-rate per 1, 000 of the estimated
population 12.5
(England and Wales) 11.9
Death rate (as adjusted by comparability factor 0.94) 11.8