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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS. 19 59.
Area of Borough 1902.7 acres.
Population (Registrar-General's
mid-year Estimate of'
Home Population) 94,900
Density of population
(persons per acre) 53.73
Rateable Value £2,362,084.
Sun represented by
penny rate (1959/60) £9,200
General Rate (1959/60) l8/8d in £
Number of inhabited dwellings according to Rate Books 25,686
Number of structurally separate dwellings - Census 1951 25,548
Number of private households - Census 1951 30,295
BIRTHS TOTAL Male Female
All Births 1848 999 849
Live Births - Legitimate 1607 862 745
- Illegitimate 204 116 88
Total - 1811 978 833
Still-births- Legitimate 31 17 14
- Illegitimate 6 4 2
Total 37 21 16
DEATHS
All Causes 1246 729 517
Maternal - - -
Infants under 1 year - Legitimate 38 20 18
- Illegitimate 7 5 2
Total 45 25 20
RATES *
Live birth rate per 1000 population 19.08
Death rate per 1000 population 13.12
Still-birth rate per 1000 total births 20.02
Maternal death rate per 1000 total births 0.00
Infant death rate (under 1 year) per 1000 live births 24.84
Legitimate infant death rate per 1000 legitimate live births 23.64
Illegitimate infant death rate per 1000 illegitimate live births 34.31
Neo-natal death rate (under 4 weeks) per 1000 live births 17.67
Early neo-natal death rate (under 1 week) per 1000 live births 15.46
Perinatal death rate (still-births + deaths under 1 week
per 1000 total births) 35.17
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 11.26
(*) See footnote to page 2.
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