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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA
Area and Population
Area (in acres) 6,556
Registrar General's estimation of resident population 109,470
No. of inhabited houses (end of 1962) according to rate books 31,407
Rateable value (December 31st 1962) £1 ,832,685
Sum represented by a penny rate (1962/3) £7,450
Vital Statistics
Live Births:
Legitimate 1,446 (737 male, 709 female)
Illegitimate 81 (41 male, 40 female)
Total 1,527 (778 male, 749 female)
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 5,30
Rate per 1,000 population 13,95
Stillbirths:
Legitimate 31(17 male, 14 female)
Illegitimate 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Total 35 (19 male, 16 female)
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 22,41
Total live and stillbirths 1,562
Infant deaths 33
Infant mortality rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 21,61
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 20,75
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births 37,04
Neonatal mortality rate (deaths under four weeks per 1,000 total live births) 13,75
Early neonatal mortality rate (deaths under one week per 1,000 total live births) 11,79
Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under one week per 1,000 total live and
stillbirths) 33,93
Maternal mortality (including abortion):
Number of deaths -
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths -
General mortality:
Number of deaths 949 (535 male, 414 female)
Death rate per 1,000 population—crude 8,67
Death rate per 1,000 population—adjusted 14,74
Births
The total of 1,527 live births notified during the year shows a decrease from the total
of 1,625 recorded in 1961, but is similar to the numbers for 1960 (1,518) and 1959, (1,528).
The corrected birth rate per thousand population was 13.25, compared with 18.0 for
England and Wales. Although there are fluctuations from year to year the general trend
of the birth rate since the mid 1950's has been in an upward direction. This is in keeping
with the national trend.
The illegitimate birth rate remains low, being 5.30 per cent of total live births, but
has shown a tendency to rise during the past few years.
The stillbirth rate was 22.41 per 1,000 total live and stillbirths. This is higher than
the 1 ate for 1961 (15.15) but less than that for i960 (24.42).
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