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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 (mid-year
1964) 134,140
Number of inhabited houses according to rate books
(December 1964) 41,523
Rateable Value (December 1964) £6,209,155
Sum represented by a penny rate £25,300
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Live Births:
Number 2,483
(1,300 males, 1,183 females)
Rate per 1,000 population 16.47
Illegitimate live births (per cent of total live births) 3.2
Stillbirths:
Number 43
(21 males, 22 females)
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 17.02
Total live and stillbirths 2,526
Infant deaths (under 1 year) 38
(19 males, 19 females)
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 15.30
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 15.78
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live
births Nil
Neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1.000
total live births) 10.69
Early neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under 1 week per 1,000
total live births) 8.45
Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week
combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 25.73
Maternal Mortality (including abortion):
Number of deaths Nil
Deaths:
Number 1,172
(595 males, 577 females)
Rate per 1,000 population 10.91