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1. VITAL STATISTICS
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
Area (in acres) 13,708
Population (Census, 1961) 299,762
Population (estimated middle of 1967) 302,570
Rateable value, 1st April, 1967 £23,704,000
Net product of a penny rate, 1967/68 £96,000
Live births:-
Legitimate males 2,552 Females 2,491 Total 5,043
Illegitimate males 298 Females 271 Total 569
Birth-rate per 1,000 of estimated population 18.5
Illegitimate live births (per cent of total live births) 9.9%
Still-births:-
Males 33 Females 41 Total 74
Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still-births) 13.0
Deaths:-
Males 1,717 Females 1,621 Total 3,338
Death-rate per 1,000 of estimated population 11.0
Deaths of infants under one year of age:-
Legitimate males 62 Females . 43 Total 105
Illegitimate males 7 Females 9 Total 16
Death-rates of infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 22.0
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 20.8
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 28.1
Neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under four weeks per 1,000
total live births) 15.3
Early neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under one week per
1,000 total live births) 12.8
Perinatal mortality rate (still-births and deaths under one
week combined per 1,000 total live and still-births) 27.0
Maternal mortality (including abortions-
Number of deaths Nil
Rate per 1,000 live and still-births Nil
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