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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS FOR THE AREA
Area (acres) 1,606
Population - estimate supplied by the Registrar General 48,160
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1957) according to
Rate Books 14,601
Rateable Value (1959) £873,039
Sum represented by a penny rate (estimated) £3,516
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR
Total M. F.
Live Births -
Legitimate 678 345 333 Birth Rate per
Illegitimate 46 30 16 1,000 15.0
Still Births 11 6 5 Rate per 1,000
Births 15,2
Deaths 555 298 257 Death Rate per
1,000 11.5
Deaths from Puerperal
causes - Rate per 1,000 Births
Deaths of infants under one year of age:-
All infants 22 Rate per 1,000 live births 30.4
Legitimate 22 Rate per 1,000 legitimate
live births 32,45
Illegitimate - Rate per 1.000 illegitimate
live births . .
Deaths from:-
Tuberculosis 1
Cancer (all ages) 129
Measles (all ages) -
Whooping Cough (all ages) -
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) -
Number of Births notified 724
Number of Births registered in the Borough 178
POPULATION
The mid-year estimate of the population supplied by the
Registrar General is 48,160 a decrease of 360 from that of the
previous year.
BIRTHS
The number of live births registered during the year was
724, which gives a crude birth rate of 15.0 per 1,000 of population,
the corrected birth rate being 15.2. The rate for 1959
was 14.7. There were 11 still-births, giving a still-birth rate
of 15.2 per 1,000 births. In 1959 the still-birth rate was
22.19.
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