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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS. 1961.
Area of Borough 1902.7 acres. Rateable Value 0-st April) £2,390,868
Population
raid-year Estimate 91,710 Sum represented by
Census 91,94-0 penny rate (1961/62) £9,962
Density of population
(personsper acre) 52.06 General Rate (1961/62) 19/4-d in £
Number of inhabited dwellings according to Rate Books 26,157
Number of structurally separate dwellings - Census 1961 27,257
Number of private households - Census 1961 29,333
BIRTHS TOTAL Male Female
All Births 1903 977 926
Live Births - Legitimate 1583 811 772
- Illegitimate 280 151 129
Total - 1863 962 901
Still-births- Legitimate 35 13 22
- Illegitimate 5 2 3
Total - 40 15 25
DEATHS
All Causes 1208 664 544
Maternal 1 - 1
Infants under 1 year - Legitimate 30 18 12
- Illegitimate 11 7 4
Total 41 25 16
RATES *
Live birth rate per 1000 population 20.26
Death rate per 1000 population 13.13
Still-birth rate per 1000 total births 21.02
Maternal death rate per 1000 total births 0.52
Infant death rate (under 1 year) per 1000 live births 22.00
Legitimate infant death rate per 1000 legitimate live births 18.95
Illegitimate infant death rate per 1000 illegitimate live births39.28
Neo-natal death rate (under 4 weeks) per 1000 live births 17.17
Early neo-natal death rate (under 1 week) per 1000 live births 16.10
Perinatal death rate (still-births + deaths under 1 week
per 1000 total births) 36.78
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 15.02
(*) Based on Census Population.
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