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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1963
Area of Borough (acres) Population: 1902.7 Rateable value (1st April) £7,332,038
Mid-year estimate Census, 1961 89,930 Sum represented by a penny rate (1936-64)
£28,250
Density of population (persons per acre 50.92 General rate (1963-64) 7/8d in £
Number of inhabited dwellings according to Rate Books 26,405
" " structurally separate dwellings - Census 1961 27,257
" " private households-Census 1961 29,333
Births Total Male Female
All Births 1,854 924 930
Live Births-Legitimate 1,564 772 792
Illegitimate 252 129 123
Total; 1,816 901 915
Still Births-Legitimate 35 23 12
Illegitimate 3 - 3
Total; 38 23 15
Deaths
All Causes 1,218 704 514
Maternal 1 - 1
Infants under 1 year-Legitimate 38 26 12
Illegitimate 7 4 3
Total: 45 30 15
Rates
Live birth rate per 1,000 population 20.19
Death-rate per 1,000 population 13.54
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total births 20.49
Maternal death rate per 1,000 total births 0.53
Infant death rate (under 1 year) per 1,000 live births 24.77
Legitimate infant death rate per 1,000 legitimate live births 24.29
Illegitimate infant death rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births 27.77
Neo-natal death rate (under 4 weeks) per 1,000 live births 14.86
Early neo-natal death rate (under 1 week) per 1,000 live births 12.21
Perinatal death rate (stillbirths plus deaths under 1 week) per
1,000 total births 32.36
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 13.87
Area Comparability Factor - Births 0.91 Deaths 1.14
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