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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR 1969
Area, 21,395
Population (Census 1961), 327,239 Total population (estimate of
Registrar General), 327,130 (Midsummer, 1969)
Number of Domestic Dwellings; 105,800
Rateable Value of Borough 1969 as from 1.4.69 £20,643,640
Product of a Penny Rate, for London Borough of Croydon purposes, £87,350
Rate in the £. 11.1 Od. (for the year 1.4.69 to 1.4.70)
Live Births
Males
Females
Total
Legitimate 2,475
Illegitimate 291
2,387
293
4,862
584
5,446
Illegitimate Live Births per cent, of total births 11.0
Live Birth Rate (as adjusted by comparability factor 1.02) 16.9
(England and Wales) 16.3
Stillbirths 67
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 12
(England and Wales) 13
Total Births (Live and Still) 5,513
Infant Deaths 83
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 15.0
(England and Wales) 18.0
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate births 14.0
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate births 24.0
Neo-natal Mortality rate (First four weeks)
per 1,000 total live births 10.0
(England and Wales) 12.0
Early neo-natal Mortality rate (First week)
per 1,000 total live births 9.0
(England and Wales) 10.0
Perinatal Mortality rate (stillbirths + deaths during the first
week) per 1,000 total live and still births 21
(England and Wales) 23
Maternal Deaths (excluding abortion)
Maternal Mortality rate (including abortion)
per 1,000 total live and still births 0.18
(England and Wales) 0.19
Deaths, 3,860 Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 11.8
(England and Wales) 11.9
Death rate (as adjusted by comparability factor 0.86) 10.1