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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1954.
Area of Borough 1902.7 acres.
Population (RegistrarGeneral's
Estimate of
Home Population as at
30th June? 1954) 97,900.
Number of inhabited houses
(end of 1954) according
to Rate Books 29,784.
Rateable Value (1st April.
1954) £1,267,677.
Sum represented
by a penny rate £5,009.8.2d.
Density of population
(persons
per acre) 55.43
BIRTHS .Total Male Female Rates
Live Births
Legitimate 1688i 857 831
Illegitimate 163 771 861
TOTAL 1851 934 917
LIVE BIRTH RATE
per 1000
population 18.90
Still Births
Legitimate 30 18 12
Illegitimate 8 4 4
TOTAL | 38 22 16
TOTAL BIRTHS 1889 956 933
STILL BIRTH RATE
per 1000 total
(live and still)
births 20.11
DEATHS Total Male Female Rates
TOTAL
(All Ages) 1126 683 443
MATERNAL 1
DEATH RATE per
1000 population 11.50
MATERNAL DEATH RATE
per 1000 total (live
and still) births 0.52
CHILDREN
UNDER 1 YEAR
OF AGE.
Legitimate 34 22 12
Illegitimate 7 4 3
TOTAL 41 26 15
RATE per 1000 legitimate
live births 20.14
RATE per 1000 illegitimate
live births42.94
RATE per 100.0 live
births (total) 22.15
DEATHS from TOTAL Male Female
Cancer 261 152 109
Measles - - -
Whooping Cough - - -
: Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 1 1 -
Tuberculosis - Respiratory 30 27 3
- Other forms 6 3 3
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