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A. - STATISTICS & SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 4,343
Population (Registrar-General's Estimate, mid-year 1959) 113,000
Number of Assessments (31st December 1959) 39,750
Rateable Value (31st December 1959) £1,766,599
Estimated Product of a penny rate £7,120
Population. - The Registrar-General's Estimate of the home population
at mid-year, 1959, is 113,000, a decrease of 1,000 on the
previous year. The steady decline continues.
This figure has been used for the calculation of the following
statistics:-
Live Births;
Number 1,440
Rate per 1,000 population 12.7
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 3.5
Stillbirths:
Number 31
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 21.0
Total Live and Stillbirths 1,471
Infants Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 27
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 18.7
Legitimate *' " " " legitimate live births. 17.2
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live
births. 58.8
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000
total live births) 10.4
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per
1,000 total live births) 9.0
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1
week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 29.9
Maternal Mortality (including abortion:
Number of deaths 1
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 0.67
Deaths. - The Registrar General's classification of causes of
death by sex totals is given on the following page.