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SECTION A.
VITAL AND OTHER
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 6,519
Registrar General's estimate of total population (mid-year) 1955 64,780
Rateable Value at 31st March, 1955 £800,501
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1956 £1,292,752
Estimated product of a Penny Rate as at 1st April, 1956 £5,375
Number of Valuation assessments as at 31st March, 1955:—
(a) Houses and Flats:—
Not exceeding £10 Rateable Value 348
£11 to £13 Rateable Value 552
£14 to £20 Rateable Value 4,991
£21 to £30 Rateable Value 7,298
£31 to £40 Rateable Value 2,737
£41 to £50 Rateable Value 1,509
£51 to £75 Rateable Value 1,337
£76 to £100 Rateable Value 412
Exceeding £100 Rateable Value 327
19,511
(b) Commercial 1,417
(c) Licensed Premises 40
(d) Entertainment and Recreational 89
(e) Public Utility 20
(f) Educational and Cultural 29
(g) Industrial 55
(h) Miscellaneous 272
Total 21,433
Mileage of Roads as at 31st March, 1955:—
County Roads, Class 1 12.26
County Roads, Class 2 6.48
County Roads, Class 3 5.16
District Roads 64.61
Unadopted Roads 15.98
Total 104.49
Vital Statistics.
Live Births.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Legitimate
784
393
391
Birth Rate 12.7 (crude) per
1,000 total population.
(Adjusted rate for comparison
with other areas 12.9.)
Illegitimate
39
18
21
823
411
412
The area comparability factor supplied by the Registrar
General for the purpose of determining rates for comparison with
other parts of the country is 1.02.