[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough.

  • Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS. 1 (a)—Summary of Statistics. I [a]—(i) General. Area : 6,034 acres. Population : 38,930 (R.G.’s Estimate 1957). 38,397 (R.G.’s Census figure 1951). Density of population, i.e. number of persons per acre : 6.4. Number of inhabited houses : 12,400. Rateable value, 1957 : £679,767. Sum produced by a penny rate : £2,615. Mean Annual Temperature : 50. L F. Hours of Bright Sunshine, 1957 : 1,619 hours. Total Rainfall, 1957 : 29.50 inches. 1 (a)—(ii) Births. Live Births (Registered): T otal. Male. Female. Legitimate 490 246 244 Illegitimate 26 12 14 516 Standardised Birth Rate: 14.5. Live Birthrate per 1,000 population : 13.3. Corresponding rate for 1956 : 11.2. Live Birthrate for England and Wales : 16.1. 1 (a)—(hi) Stillbirths: T otal. Male. Female. Legitimate 6 4 2 Illegitimate 6 Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 births : 11.6. Rate per 1,000 population : 0.15. Stillbirth Rate for England and Wales : 22.4.