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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1962
Area of Borough (in acres) 1902.7 Rateable value (1st April) £2,416,948
Population:
Mid-year Estimate 90,480 Sum represented by a
Census - 1961 92,000 penny rate (1962-63) £9,600
Density of population
(persons per acre) 51.23 General Rate (1962-63) 20/4d in £
Number of inhabited dwellings according to Rate Books 26,004
" " structurally separate dwellings - Census 1961 27,257
" " private households - Census 1961 29,333
BIRTHS Total Male Female
All Births 1,888 963 925
Live Births - Legitimate 1,583 799 784
Illegitimate 269 146 123
Total 1,852 945 907
Still Births - Legitimate 30 16 14
Illegitimate 6 2 4
Total 36 18 18
DEATHS
All Causes 1,133 655 478
Maternal - - -
Infants under 1 Year - Legitimate 29 20 9
Illegitimate 4 1 3
Total 33 21 12
RATES
Live birth rate per 1,000 population 20.47
Death rate per 1,000 population 12.52
Still-birth rate per 1,000 total births 19.06
Maternal death rate per 1,000 total births nil
Infant death rate (under 1 year) per 1,000 live births 17.82
Legitimate Infant death rate per 1,000 legitimate live
births 18.32
Illegitimate Infant death rate per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 14.87
Neo-natal death rate (under 4 weeks) per 1,000 live births 12.96
Early neo-natal death rate (under 1 week) per 1,000 live
births 11.88
Perinatal death rate (stillbirths + deaths under 1 week)
per 1,000 total births 30.72
Illegitimate live births per cent. of total live births 14.31
Area Comparability Factor: Births 0.91 Deaths 1.01
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