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SECTION 6
STATISTICAL TABLES
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
Area (in acres) 8,781
Population (Census, 1961) 183,151
Population (estimated middle of 1964) 182,620
Rateable Value, 1st April, 1964 £12,375,355
Net Product of a Penny Rate, 1964/65 (Est.) £51,400
Live Births:—
Legitimate Males 1,443 Females 1,410 Total
Illegitimate Males 131 Females 100 Total 231
Birth-Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population 16.8
Illegitimate Live Births (per cent of total live births) 75%
Still-Births:—
Males 9 Females 24 Total
Rate per 1,000 total Births (Live and Still Births) 14
Deaths:—
Males 1,059 Females 950 Total 2,009
Death-Rate for 1,000 of Estimated Population 11-0
Deaths of Infants under one year of age:—
Legitimate Males 28 Females 20 Total 48
Illegitimate Males... 5 Females 1 Total 6
Death-Rates of Infants under one year of age:—
All Infants per 1,000 Live Births 17.5
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 Legitimate Live Births 16.8
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 Illegitimate Live Births 25.5
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under four weeks per 1,000 total live births) 13.2
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under one week per 1,000 total live
births) 12.6
Perinatal Mortality Rate (still-births and deaths under one week combined per
1,000 total live and still births) 26
Maternal Mortality (including Abortion)
Rate per 1,000 Live and Still Births Nil
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