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VITAL AND GENERAL STATISTICS 1967
Area in acres 13,873
Population (census 1961) 181,030
Population—estimated to mid-year (as supplied by the Registrar-General) 179,040
Number of inhabited houses 60,518
Rateable value £11,078,221
Sum represented by a penny rate £44,600
Total M. F.
Live Births—Legitimate 2,446 1,251 1,195
Illegitimate 235 125 110
Total 2,681 1,376 1,305
Live Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated Population 14.97
Adjusted Live Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated Population 15.12
Illegitimate Live Births per cent, of total Live Births 8.76
Total M. F.
Still Births—Legitimate 22 14 8
Illegitimate 4 4
Total 26 18 8
Still Birth rate per 1,000 live and still births 9.60
Total Live and Still Births 2,707
Infant Deaths (under 1 year of age):-
Total M. F.
Legitimate 42 25 17
Illegitimate 2 2
Total 44 27 17
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births 16.41
Legitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate live births 17.17
Illegitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births 8.51
Neo-Natal deaths Under 4 weeks Under 1 week
of age of age
Total M. F. Total M. F.
Legitimate 33 21 12 29 19 10
Illegitimate 2 2 - 2 2
Totals 35 23 12 31 21 10
Neo-Natal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks) per 1,000 total live births 13.05
Early Neo-Natal mortality rate (deaths under 1 week) per 1,000 total live births 11.56
Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week combined) per
1,000 total live and still births 21.05
Maternal mortality (including abortion) deaths —
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births —
Total M. F.
Deaths 2,277 1,072 1,205
Crude death rate per 1,000 of estimated population 12.71
Adjusted death rate 10.55
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