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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR 1963
Area, 12,672 acres.
Population (Census 1961), 252,501 Total population (estimate
of Registrar-General), 254,130 (Midsummer, 1963)
Number of Inhabited Houses: 76,747
Rateable Value of Borough 1963, £13,922,648
Product of a Penny Rate, £59, 348
Rate in the £. 8s. 0d. (for the year ending 31.12.63)
Live Births:
Males
Females
Total
Legitimate
2,329
2,310
4,639
Illegitimate
251
206
457
5,096
Illegitimate Live Births per cent. of total births 9.0
Live Birth Rate (as adjusted by comparability factor 1.00) 20.1
(England and Wales) 18.2
Stillbirths 69
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 13.4
(England and Wales) 17.3
Total Births 5,165
Infant Deaths 91
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 18.5
(England and Wales) 20.9
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate births 17..2
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate births 24.1
Neo-natal Mortality rate (First four weeks)
per 1,000 total live births 11.6
(England and Wales) 14.2
Early Neo-natal Mortality rate (First week)
per 1,000 total live births 9.2
Perinatal Mortality rate (stillbirths + deaths during the
first week) per 1,000 total live and still births 22.5
Maternal Deaths (excluding abortion) 1
Maternal Mortality rate (including abortion)
per 1,000 total live and still births 0.19
(England and Wales) 0.28
Deaths, 3,280. Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated
population 12.9
(England and Wales) 12.2
Death rate (as adjusted by comparability factor 0.94) 12.1