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VITAL STATISTICS
Area 4,814 acres
Public open spaces 719 acres
Population
Estimate of Registrar General at mid-year 1970 233, 490
Density per acre 48.5
Rateable Value
Rateable value of the Borough £14,846,826
Estimated product of a penny rate £57, 450
Number of inhabited homes 67,820
Marriages 1,587
Births and Deaths
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Live Births
1,722
1,652
3,374
413
358
771
2,135
2,010
4,145
Still Births
24
24
48
5
4
9
29
28
57
Live and Still Births
1,746
1,676
3,422
418
362
780
2,164
2,038
4,202
Deaths (all causes)
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,384
1,359
2,743
Infant Mortality
46
21
67
15
12
27
61
33
94
Neo- natal Mortality
34
12
46
12
9
21
46
21
67
Early Neo- natal Mortality
30
10
40
12
9
21
42
19
61
Perinatal Mortality
54
34
88
17
13
30
71
47
118
Crude birth rate per 1,000 population 17.8
Adjusted birth rate (area comparability factor 0.91) 16.2
Illegitimate birth rate per cent of total live births 19.0
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 14.0
Death rate
Crude Death rate per 1,000 population 11.7
Adjusted Death rate (area comparability factor 1.10) 12.9
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 23.0
(Legitimate 20, Illegitimate 35)
Neo- natal Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 16.0
Early Neo-natal Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 15.0
Perinatal Mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births 28.0
Maternal Mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births Nil