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A. - STATISTICS & SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres)4,343
Population (Registrar-General's Estimate, mid-year 1960) 111,610
Number of Assessments (31st December 1960) 40,170
Rateable Value (31st December 1960) £1,780,136
Estimated Product of a penny rate (1960/61) £7,200
Population. - The Registrar-General's Estimate of the home
population at mid-year, 1960, is 111,610, a decrease of 1,390 on
the previous year. The steady decline continues.
This figure has been used for the calculation of the
following statistics: -
Live Births:
Number 1,428
Rate per 1,000 population 12.79
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 3.8
Stillbirths:
Number 19
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 13.1
Total Live and Stillbirths 1,447
Infants Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 26
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 18.2
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live
births 16.7
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 54.5
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1 000
total live births) 10.5
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per
1,000 total live births) 9.1
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1
week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 22.1
Maternal Mortality (including abortion):
Number of deaths Nil
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths Nil
Deaths. - The Registrar-General's classification of causes
of death by sex totals is given on page 10.