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SECTION A
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in ores) (14 sq. miles approx.) 8,972
Civilian population (mid 1959) 62,070
Number of inhabited houses 17,434
Rateable value £934,985
Sura represented by penny rate 1958/59 £3,813
The rate in the pound for 1958/59 l8/6d.
VITAL STATISTICS:
Live Births 800
Live Birth rate per 1,000 population (standardised) 11.8
Still-births 17
Still-births rate per 1,000 live and still-births 20.8
Total live and s till-births 817
Infant deaths 19
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births - total 23.7
" " " " " " " - legitimate 24.8*
" " " " " " " - illegitimate 0 +
Neo Natal " " " " " " - total 12.5
(first four weeks)
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 4.37
Maternal deaths (including abortion) 1
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births 1.2
Death rate (all causes) per 1,000 of population 11.3
(standardised)
* Legitimate I.M.R. = legitimate deaths under 1 year
legitimate live births
+ Illegitimate I.M.R.illegitimate deaths under 1 year
illegitimate live births.
Early neonatal mortality rate =4.5
Perinatal mortality rate =19.6
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