Table: STATISTICS AND GENERAL INFORMATION.
STATISTICS AND GENERAL INFORMATION.
| Area of Borough | 662 acres |
| Population, Census 1951 | 44,871 |
| Population, Registrar-General's estimate, mid-1960 | 42,870 |
| Number of houses, including separately rated flats at end of 1960, according to rate books | 12,052 |
| Rateable Value | £1,264 ,241 |
| Sum represented by penny rate | £5,020 |
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Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1960.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1960.
| Male | Female | Total |
|---|
| Live Births | 348 | 327 | 675 |
| Rate per 1,000 population (crude rate) | | | 15.75 |
| Do. (adjusted for Area Comparability Factor 0.91) | | 14.33 |
| Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births | | 8.59% |
| Stillbirths | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Rate per 1,000 total live and still births | | | 11.71 |
| Total Live and Still Births | 353 | 330 | 683 |
| Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Infant Mortality Rates- | | | |
| Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births | | | 22.22 |
| Legitimate " " '' " legitimate live births | | 17.83 |
| illegitimate " " " " illegitimate " '' | | | 68.95 |
| Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 total live births) | | | 14.81 |
| Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per 1,000 total live births | | | 13.33 |
| Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week combined per 1,000 total live and still births) | | 24.89 |
| Maternal Mortality (including abortion) | | | 1 |
| Rate per 1,000 total live and still births | | | 1.46 |
| Deaths | 255 | 294 | 549 |
| Rate per 1,000 population (crude rate) | | | 12.80 |
| Do. (adjusted for Area Comparability Factor 0.95) | | | 12.16 |
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