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A. - STATISTICS & SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 4,343
Population (Registrar General's Estimate, mid year 1963) 107 260
Number of Assessments (31st December 1963) 41 028
Rateable Value (31st December 1963) £5 , 604,601
Estimated Product of a penny rate (1963/64) £22,750
Population - The Registrar General's Estimate of the home
population at mid-year. 1963 is 107,260, a decrease of 930 on the
previous year. The steady decline continues.
This figure has been used for the calculation of the following
statistics:
Live Births:
Number 1665
Rate per 1,000 population 15.5
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 6.2
Stillbirths.
Number 30
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 17.7
Total Live and Stillbirths 1695
Infants Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 37
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 22.2
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live
births 21,1
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 38.4
Neonatal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1, 000
total live births) 14.4
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per
1,000 total live births) 12.0
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1
week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 29.5
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 9,