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GENERAL STATISTICS
Area of District (in Acres) 3,013
Population
Cenus, April, 1951 126,929
April, 1961 113,249
Mid-year: Registrar General's 1962 1963
estimate 113,020 112,700
Rateable Value as at 1st April £1,994,474 £6,368,470
Sum represented by penny rate £8,120 £25,400
Approximate Number of Dwellings in District 31,166 31,163
Registered live-births
Males 1,168 1,154
Females 1,065 1,094
Total 2,233 2,248
Birth-rate per 1,000 estimated population; 19.76 19.95
No. of live-births which were illegitimate 256 255
(11.5%) (11.2%)
Stillbirths
Males 17 19
Females 23 14
Total 40 33
Stillbirth-rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 17.60 14.62
No. of stillbirths which were illegitimate 6 6
(15%) (18%)
Deaths
Males 716 743
Females 708 696
Total 1,424 1,439
Death-rate per 1,000 estimated population 12=60 12„77
Maternal Mortality
Puerperal Sepsis 1
Other puerperal causes 1 4
Total 2 4
Death rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 0.880 1.754
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age (Infant Mortality)
(a) Legitimate Males 29 29
Females 16 19
Total 45 48
Death rate per 1,000 legitimate live births 22.76 24.08