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VITAL AND GENERAL STATISTICS 1968
Area in acres 13,873
Population (census 1961) 181,030
Population—estimated to mid-year (as supplied by the Registrar-General) 177,130
Number of inhabited houses 60,921
Rateable value £11,116,227
Sum represented by a penny rate £44,600
Total M. F.
Live Births—Legitimate 2,221 1,170 1,051
Illegitimate 207 107 100
Total 2,428 1,277 1,151
Live Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated Population 13.70
Adjusted Live Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated Population 13.84
Illegitimate Live Births per cent, of total Live Births 8.52
Total M. F.
Still Births—Legitimate 31 21 10
Illegitimate 7 1 6
Total 38 22 16
Still Birth rate per 1,000 live and still births 15.40
Total Live and Still Births 2,466
Infant Deaths (under 1 year of age):-
Total M. F.
Legitimate 35 19 16
Illegitimate 3 1 2
Total 38 20 18
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births 15.65
Legitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate live births 15.75
Illegitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births 14.49
Neo-Natal deaths Under 4 weeks Under 1 week
of age of age
Total M. F. Total M. F.
Legitimate 19 9 10 17 8 9
Illegitimate 3 1 2 3 1 2
Totals 22 10 12 20 9 11
Neo-Natal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks) per 1,000 total live births 9.06
Early Neo-Natal mortality rate (deaths under 1 week) per 1,000 total live births 8.23
Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week combined) per
1,000 total live and still births 23.51
Maternal mortality (including abortion) deaths —
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births —
Total M. F.
Deaths 2,288 1,137 1,151
Crude death rate per 1,000 of estimated population 12.91
Adjusted death rate 10.72
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