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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR 1968
Area, 23,815
Population (Census 1961), 327,239 Total population (estimate of
Registrar General), 329,210 (Midsummer, 1968)
Number of Domestic Dwellings: 104,571
Rateable Value of Borough 1968 as from 1.4.68 £20,019,774
Product of a Penny Rate, for London Borough of Croydon purposes, £85,150
Rate in the £. lls.8d. (for the year 1.4.68 to 1.4.69)
Live Births Males Females Total
Legitimate 2,592 2,444 5,036
Illegitimate 265 282 547
5,583
Illegitimate Live Births per cent, of total births 9.8
Live Birth Rate (as adjusted by comparability factor 1.03) 17.0
(England and Wales) 16.9
Stillbirths 71
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 13
(England and Wales) 14
Total Births (Live and Still) 5,654
Infant Deaths 97
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 17.0
(England and Wales) 18.0
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate births 15.9
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate births 31.1
Neo-natal Mortality rate (First four weeks)
per 1,000 total live births 12.5
(England and Wales) 12.3
Early neo-natal Mortality rate (First week)
per 1,000 total live births 11.5
(England and Wales) 10.5
Perinatal Mortality rate (stillbirths + deaths during the first
week) per 1,000 total live and still births 24
(England and Wales) 25
Maternal Deaths (excluding abortion) 1
Maternal Mortality rate (including abortion)
per 1,000 total live and still births 0.35
(England and Wales) 0.24
Deaths, 4,160 Death-rate per 1,000 ofthe estimated population 12.6
(England and Wales) 11.9
Death rate (as adjusted by comparability factor 0.90) 11.3