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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) (14 sq. miles approx.) 8,972
Civilian population (mid 1961) 61,640
Number of inhabited houses (l.4.6l) 17,743
Rateable value (1.4.61) £969,855
Sum represented by penny rate 1961/62 £4,150
The rate in the pound for 1961/62 2l/4d.
VITAL STATISTICS:
Live Births:
Number 779
Rate per 1000 population (standardised) 11.8
Illegitimate Live Births (per cent of total live 4.2
births)
Stillbirths:
Number 17
Rate per 1000 total live and still births 21.3
Total Live and Still Births 796
Infant Deaths (deaths under one year): 14
Infant Mortality rates-
Total infant deaths per 1000 total live births 18.0
Legitimate infant deaths per 1000 legitimate live
births 16.7
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1000 illegitimate
live births 30-3
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per
1000 total live births) 12.8
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under one
week per 1000 total live births) 12.8
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under
one week combined per 1000 total live and
still births) 34.0
Maternal Mortality (including abortion):
Number of deaths 1
Rate per 1000 total live and stillbirths 1.3
Death Rate (all causes) per 1000 of population
(standardised) 11.9
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