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A.-STATISTICS & SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 4,343
Population (Registrar General's Estimate, mid-year 1964) 106,100
Number of Assessments (31st December 1964) 41,386
Rateable Value (31st December 1964) £5,623,163
Estimated Product of a penny rate (1964/65) £22,550
Population.-The Registrar General's Estimate of the home
population at mid-year, 1964 is 106,100, a decrease of 1160 on the
previous year. The steady decline continues.
This figure has been used for the calculation of the following
statistics:-
Live Births:
Number 1,779
Rate per 1,000 population 16.7
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 7.0
Stillbirths:
Number 17
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 9.4
Total Live and Stillbirths 1,796
Infants Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 27
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 15.1
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live-
births 15.1
Illegitimate infants deaths per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 16.1
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000
total live births) 10.1
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per
1,000 total live births) 8.3
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1
week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 12.2
Maternal Mortality (including abortion):
Number of deaths 1
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 0.55
Deaths.-The Registrar General's classification of causes of
death by sex totals is given on page 7.