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STATISTICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
SOCIAL
1958
1959
Area (in statute acres) land and water
3,324
3,324
Population, Census - April 1951
. 120,873
120,873
Estimated civilian population - Mid. year
110,900
109,900
Number of inhabited houses (end of year according
to rate books) (including tenements and shops but
excluding factories, cinemas, government properties
corporation properties (offices and works), utility
undertakings and other miscellaneous hereditaments
not actually occupied as dwellings)
32,056
32,109
Rateable value at 31st December,
£1,386,298
£1,468,335
Sum represented by a penny rate for the year
1
£5,645
£5,805
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS
1958
1959
M
F
T
M
F
T
Live Births
Legitimate
740
681
1,421
766
684
1,450
Illegitimate
39
40
79
47
28
75
Totals
779
721
1,500
813
712
1,525
Still Births
Legitimate
16
10
26
17
8
25
Illegitimate
2
1
3
-
1
1
Totals
18
11
29
17
9
26
Birth Rate per 1,000 population. 13.5 13.8
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 population 0.26 0.23
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 Total
(Live and Still) Birthsx18.9 16.7
Deaths
Males 613 629
Females 521 543
Total 1,134 1,172
Death Rate per 1,000 population 10.2 10.5
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 232 238
Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths (Live and Still) Births
Deaths from puerperal Causes 1958 1959 1 958 1 959
Puerperal Sepsis
Other Maternal Causes - 2 - 1.28
Total - 2 1.28
Death Rates of infants under one year of age j-
1958 1959
All infants per 1,000 live births 18.0 19.6
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 18.3 19.3
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 Illegitimate live births 12.7 26.6