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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1960.
Area of Borough .. 1902,7 acres. Rateable Value £2,376,880
Population (Registrar-General's
mid-year Estimate of Sum represented by
Home Population) 93,850 penny rate (l960/6l) £9,270
Density of population
(persons per acre) 53.14 General Rate(l960/6l) 18/8d in £
Number of inhabited dwellings according to Rate Books 25,934
Number of structurally separate dwellings - Census 1951 25,548
Number of private households - Census 1951 30,295
BIRTHS TOTAL Male Female
All Births 1748 880 868
Live Births - Legitimate 1492 737 755
• - Illegitimate 222 127 95
Total - 1714 864 850
Still-births- Legitimate 29 15 14
- Illegitimate 5 1 4
Total - 34 16 18
DEATHS
All Causes 1037 580 457
Maternal 2 - 2
Infants under 1 year - Legitimate 29 13 16
- Illegitimate 3 3
Total - 32 16 16
RATES *
Live birth rate per 1000 population 18.26
Death rate per 1000 population 11.05
Still-birth rate per 1000 total births 19.45
Maternal death rate per 1000 total births 1.14
Infant death rate (under 1 year) per 1000 live births 18.66
Legitimate infant death rate per 1000 legitimate live births 19.43
Illegitimate infant death rate per 1000 illegitimate live births 13.51
Neo-natal death rate (under 4 weeks) per 1000 live births 11.03
Early neo-natal death rate (under 1 week) per 1000 live births 8.16
Perinatal death rate (still-births + deaths under 1 week
per 1000 total births) 27.46
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 12,95
(*) See footnote to page 4.
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