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STATISTICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 12,555
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population, mid-year
1960 214,370
Rateable Value (1st April, 1960) £3,951,319
Sum represented by a penny rate (1st April, 1960) £16,079
Total number of occupied houses and flats 64,592
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year:
Live Births:— Male Female Total
Legitimate 1,503 1,459 2,962
Illegitimate 90 65 155
Total 1,593 1,524 3,117
Live birth rate per 1,000 population 14.5
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births .. 4.9
Stillbirths:— Male Female Total
Legitimate 30 23 53
Illegitimate 4 1 1
Total 34 24 58
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths 18.2
Total live and stillbirths 3,175
Deaths:—
Number 2,026
Death rate per 1,000 population 9-4
Deaths of infants under one year of age 58
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births 18.6
Legitimate I.M. rate per 1,000 legit, live births 17.8
Illegitimate I.M. rate per 1,000 illegit. live births 32.2
Neonatal mortality rate per 1,000 live births 14.4
Early neonatal mortality rate (deaths under 1 week) 12.2
Perinatal mortality rate 30.4
Maternal deaths (including abortions) 1
Maternal mortality rate per 1.000 live and stillbirths 0.32
Deaths from Cancer 493
Measles —
Whooping Cough —
Tuberculosis 12
Population
The mid-year population of the district was estimated to be 214,370.
his includes members of the armed forces stationed in the district.
In each of the post-war years the population of the district increased
to reach the highest figure of 220,300 in 1980. From that time there