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6.
STATISTICS AMD GENERAL INFORMATION
Area of Borough 662 acres
Population, Census 1961 40,455
Population, Registrar-General's estimate, mid 1963 38,330
Number of houses, including separately rated flats at end
of 1963, according to rate books 12,031
Rateable Value £3,942,497
Sum represented by penny rate £15,228
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1963
Male Female Total
Live Births 305 293 598
Rate per 1,000 population (crude rate) 15.60
Do. (adjusted for Area Comparability Factor 0.98) 15.29
Illegitimate live births (per cent of total live births) 9.69%
Stillbirths 2 4 6
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births 9.93
Total Live and Still Births 307 297 604
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 9 11 20
Infant Mortality Rates -
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 33.44
Legitimate " " " 11 legitimate live births 37.03
Illegitimate" " " " illegitimate " " -
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per
1,000 total live births) 10.03
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week
per 1,000 total live births) 10.03
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under
1 week combined per 1,000 total live and still births) 19.86
Maternal Mortality (including abortion) -
(Rate per 1,000 total live and still births)
Deaths 241 276 517
Rate per 1,000 population (crude rate) 13.48
Do. (adjusted for Area Comparability Factor 1.02) 13.75