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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR 1964
Area, 12,672 acres.
Population (Census 1961), 252,501 Total population (estimate
of Registrar-General), 253,430 (Midsummer, 1964)
Number of Inhabited Houses: 77,202
Rateable Value of Borough 1964, £14,310,733
Product of a Penny Rate, £59,601
Rate in the £. 8s. 6d. (for the year ending 31.12.64)
Live Births:
Males
Females
Total
Legitimate 2,166 2,089 4,255
Illegitimate 234 235 469
4,724
Illegitimate Live Births per cent, of total births 9.9
Live Birth Rate (as adjusted by comparability factor 1.00) 18.6
(England and Wales) 18. 4
Stillbirths 58
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 12.1
(England and Wales) 16.3
Total Births 4,782
Infant Deaths 72
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 15.2
(England and Wales) 20.0
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate births 15.3
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate births 15.0
Neo-natal Mortality rate (First four weeks)
per 1,000 total live births 11.6
(England and Wales) 13.8
Early Neo-natal Mortality rate (First week)
per 1,000 total live births 11.0
Perinatal Mortality rate (stillbirths + deaths during the
first week) per 1,000 total live and still births 23.0
Maternal Deaths (excluding abortion) nil
Maternal Mortality rate (including abortion)
per 1,000 total live and still births nil
(England and Wales) 0. 25
Deaths, 2,871 Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated
population 11.3
(England and Wales) 11.3
Death rate (as adjusted by comparability factor 0.94) 10.6