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Neo-Natal Deaths (under four weeks of age):—
Male
Female
Total
Legitimate
16
15
31
Illegitimate
6
1
7
Total
22
16
38
Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births 11.9
Neo-natal mortality rate for England and Wales 15.1
Early Neo-natal Mortality rate (first week) per 1,000
live births 11.3
Peri-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births 27.4
Maternal Mortality:—
Maternal deaths NIL
Maternal Mortality rate per 1.000 live and still births NIL
Maternal Mortality rate for England and Wales 0.4
Deaths:—
Male Female Total
1.092 1.079 2,171
Death rate per 1,000 population:
Crude Death Rate 10.4
Comparability Factor 1.08
Adjusted Death Rate 11.2
Death rate for England and Wales 12.2
Population.
The estimated mid-year population for the Borough was 209,520
which, in spite of a natural increase in population—excess of births over
deaths—of 1,019 was a continuation in the fall in population noted since
1551, The number of occupied houses and fiats rose by 761 to 66,103.
This number has increased year by year and when considered in conjunction
with the fall in population probably accounts to some extent for
the gradual reduction in the number of cases of overcrowding noted since
1951 and which was clearly depicted in the Overcrowding Histogram in
the annual report for the year 1962.
Births.
The total number of births registered during the year was 3,190
1,669 male and 1,521 female). 167 of these births were illegitimate,
giving a percentage of total births of 5-2 as compared with a percentage
of 5.1 for 1962.
one thousand and four births occurred in the district—956 as a
result of domiciliary confinement and 48 in local nursing homes. 2,238