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Neo Natal Deaths (under four weeks of age) :
Male Female Total
Legitimate 14 10 24
Illegitimate — 2 2
Total 14 12 26
Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births 9.0
Neo-natal mortality rate for England and Wales 12.0
Early Neo-natal mortality rate (first week) per 1,000 live
births 8.0
Peri-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births 17.0
Maternity Mortality :
Maternal deaths Nil
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births Nil
Maternal mortality rate for England and Wales 0.15
Deaths : Male Female Total
1,056 1,065 2,121
Death rate per 1,000 population :
Crude Death Rate 10.4
Comparability Factor 0.97
Adjusted Death Rate 10.1
Death rate for England and Wales 12.1
Population
The estimated mid-year population was 203,730 which was a decrease
of 1,270 as compared with the figure for 1971. The natural increase in
population—excess of births over deaths—was 731 and the number of
occupied houses and flats rose by 393 to 69,909.
Births
During the year 2,852 live births (1,510 male and 1,342 female) were
registered, giving a crude birth rate of 14-0 per 1,000 population. Correction
of this rate by the application of the Registrar General's area comparability
factor gives a birth rate of 14-0 as compared with the birth
rate of 14-8 per 1,000 population for England and Wales. 132 of the
live births were illegitimate giving a percentage of total births of 4.6.
Total number of live and still births 2,879
Local births (domiciliary confinement) 108