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A STATISTICS & SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 4,343
Population (Registrar General s Estimate, mid year 1961) 108,860
Number of Assessments (31st December 1961) 40,176
Rateable Value (31st December 1961) £1,788,829
Estimated Product of a penny rate (1961/62) £7,240
population. - The Registrar-General's Estimate of the home
population at mid-year 1961 is 108 860. a decrease of 2,750
on the previous year. The steady decline continues.
This figure has been used for the calculation of the
following statistics
Live Births:
Number 1,529
Rate per 1,000 population 14.0
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 5.1
Stillbirths
Number 27
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 17.3
Total Live and Stillbirths 1,556
Infants Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 24
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 15.7
Legitimate infant deaths per 1 000 legitimate live-
births 15.1
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 25.6
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000
total live births) 9.8
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) 26,3
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 11