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GENERAL STATISTICS
Year - 1960
Area in acres 7,261
Population (Registrar-General's estimate) 105,270
Number of habitable premises (rate books) 31,220
Number of houses erected during year 201
Rateable Value of Borough £2,273,030
Sum represented by a penny rate £9,365
Live Births - male 683
Live Births - female 693
Birth rate per 1,000 population 13.1
Birth rate per 1,000 population (England and Wales) 17.1
Stillbirths - male 10
Stillbirths female 14
Stillbirths rate per 1,000 (live and still) births 17.1
Deaths male 549
Deaths female 538
Death rate per 1,000 population 10.3
Death rate per 1,000 population (England and Wales) 11.5
Infant Mortality rate 18.2
Infant Mortality rate (England and Wales) 21.7
Maternal Mortality rate 0.0
Maternal Mortality rate (England and Wales) 0.39
VITAL STATISTICS
POPULATION. The Registrar-General's mid-year estimate of the population of
the Borough for the year is 105,270.
RATEABLE VALUE. The rateable value of the Borough for 1960 was £2,273,030
and the sum represented by a penny rate was £9,365.
INHABITATED HOUSES. According to the rate books the number of habitable houses,
flats and shops with living accommodation at the end of the year was 31,220. In relation
to the estimated population, this yields an average of approximately 3.4 persons
per house.
LIVE BIRTHS. The number of live births in 1960 was 1,376 as compared with
1,275 in 1959. The birth rate was 13.1 per 1,000 population. The birth rate will vary,
apart from other causes, according to the age and sex distribution of the population,
and to permit of a true comparison with other areas, the Registrar General supplies
for each local sanitary authority what is called the area comparability factor. When
this is applied to the Borough birth rate, the result os 13.1 as compared with the
birth rate of 17.1 per 1,000 population for England and Wales.
The number of illegitimate births was 60 as compared with 54 in 1959. The pro
Portion of live births which were illegitimate, expressed as a percentage of the total
live births, is shown below for recent years:-
1925-29 3.9 1945-49 5.1
1930-34 3.2 1950-54 4.0
1935-39 2.9 1955-59 3.8
1940-44 4.6 1960 4.4
Of the total live and still births, 981 occurred in hospital.
STILLBIRTHS. The number of stillbirths in 1960 was 24. The proportion of
stillbirths per 1,000 total (live and still) births in recent years is shown below:-
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