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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA,
Area (in acres) (14 sq. miles approx.) 8,972
Civilian population (mid 1963) 62,240
Number of inhabited houses (1.4.63) 18,121
Rateable value (1.4.63) £2,903,689
Sum represented by penny rate 1963/64 £11,850(re-estimated)
The rate in the pound for 1963/64 8/10d.
VITAL STATISTICS:
Live Births:
Number 762
Rate per 1000 population (standardised) 13.7
Illegitimate Live Births (per cent of total live births) 6.1
Stillbirths:
Number 10
Rate per 1000 total live and still births 13.0
Total Live and Still Births 772
Infant Deaths (deaths under one year) 16
Infant Mortality rates -
Total infant deaths per 1000 total live births 21.0
Legitimate infant deaths per 1000 legitimate live
births 18.2
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1000 illegitimate
live births 63.9
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per
1000 total live births) 18.4
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under one
week per 1000 total live births) 14.4
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under
one week combined per 1000 total live and
stillbirths) 27.2
Maternal Mortality (including abortion):
Number of deaths 0
Rate per 1000 total live and still births 0
Death Rate (all causes) per 1000 of population
(standardised) 11.2
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