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VITAL STATISTICS
Area 4,814 acres
Public open spaces 719 acres
Population
Estimate of Registrar General at mid-year 1969 238,530
Density per acre 49.5
Rateable Value
Rateable value of the Borough £14,740,396
Estimated product of a penny rate £57,450
Number of inhabited homes 65,933
Marriages 1,296
Births and Deaths
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Live Births
1,905
1,779
3,684
381
370
751
2, 286
2, 149
4,435
Still Births
31
26
57
7
8
15
38
34
72
Live and Still Births
1,936
1,805
3,741
388
378
766
2, 324
2, 183
4, 507
Deaths (all causes)
_
_
_
_
1,437
1, 356
2,793
Infant Mortality
52
33
85
12
5
17
64
38
102
Neo-natal Mortality
32
24
56
7
4
11
39
28
67
Early Neo-natal Mortality
28
23
51
6
3
9
34
26
60
Perinatal Mortality
59
49
108
13
11
24
72
60
132
Crude birth rate per 1,000 population 18.6
Adjusted birth rate (area comparability factor 0.91) 16.9
Illegitimate birth rate per cent of total live births 17.0
Illegitimate birth rate for Greater London 11.0
Illegitimate birth rate for England and Wales 8.0
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and still births 16.0
Death rate
Crude Death rate per 1,000 population 11.7
Adjusted Death rate (area comparability factor 1.07) 12.5
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 23.0
(Legitimate 23, Illegitimate 23)
Neo-natal Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 15.0
Early Neo-natal Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 14.0
Perinatal Mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births 29.0
Maternal Mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births. Nil