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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF AREA
Population estimated, 1962 (30th June) 171,230
Population census, 1961 171,001
Population census, 1931 184,434
Pre-war population, 1938 187,600
Area of the district in acres 4,634 acres
Number of inhabited houses (including flats) 44,240
Rateable value (1st April, 1962) £3,212,716
General rate in the pound for the year 1962/63 22s. 6d.
Product of a penny rate £13,089
VITAL STATISTICS
Registered live births:
Male
Female
Total
Legitimate
1,764
1,756
3,520
Birth rate per 1,000 estimated
resident population
Illegitimate
379
356
735
Crude 24.8
Total
2,143
2,112
4,255
Adjusted 23.3
Registered stillbirths:
51
42
93
Rate per 1,000 (live and still)
births 21.4
Deaths:
985
914
1,899
Death rate per 1,000 estimated
resident population
Crude 11.1
Adjusted 12.1
Death rate of infants under one year of age:
All infants per 1,000 live births 20.4
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 19.9
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 23.1
Death rate of infants under four weeks of age:
All infants per 1,000 live births 15.3
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 14.2
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 20.4
Maternal mortality:
Deaths from puerperal causes—
Puerperal sepsis
Nil
Other puerperal causes
Other maternal causes 3
Maternal mortality rate .9 per 1,000 live and still births
Deaths from:
Males
Females
Total
Cancer (all ages)
242
169
411
Measles (all ages)
-
-
-
Whooping cough (all ages)
-
-
-
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)
1
-
1