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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area in acres (including half of tidal basin) 20,308
Registrar-General's estimate of Home Population (midyear
1962) 132,400
Number of inhabited houses according to rate books
(December 1962) 40,730
Rateable Value (December 1962) £1,925,231
Sum represented by a penny Rate (December 1962) £7,830
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Live Births:
Number 2,443
(1241 males, 1202 females)
Rate per 1,000 population 17.15
Illegitimate Live Births (per cent of total live births) 2.7
Stillbirths:
Number 30
(15 males 15 females)
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 12.13
Total Live and Stillbirths 2,473
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 49
(32 males, 17 females)
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 20.05
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live
births 19.79
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live
births 29.41
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000
total live births) 15.55
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per
1,000 total live births) 13.50
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under
1 week combined per 1,000 total live and still births) 25.47
Maternal Mortality (including abortion):
Number of deaths 1
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births 0.40
Deaths:
Number 1,220
(634 males, 586 females)
Rate per 1,000 population 11.22