[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough.

Tunbridge Wells (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1959

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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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VITAL STATISTICS. 1 (a) Summary of Statistics. 1 (a)—(i) General. Area: 6,034 acres. Population: 38,810 (R.G’s Estimate 1959). 38,397 (R.G’s Census figure 1951). Density of population, i.e. number of persons per acre: 6.4. Number of inhabited houses: 12,580. Rateable value, 1959: £715,008. Sum produced by a penny rate: £2,880. Mean Annual Temperature: 50.5°F. Hours of Bright Sunshine, 1959: 1901.8 hours. Total Rainfall, 1959: 28.75 inches. 1 (a)—(ii) Births. Live Births (Registered): Total. Male. Female. Legitimate 498 250 248 Illegitimate 22 13 9 520 — Standardised Birth Rate: 13.4. Live Birthrate per 1,000 population: 14.6. Corresponding rate for 1958: 13.8. Live Birthrate for England and Wales: 16.5. 1 (a)—(iii) Stillbirths: Total. Male. Female. Legitimate ... 15 6 9 Illegitimate ... — — — 15 Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 live births: 28.8. Rate per 1,000 population: 0.39. Stillbirth Rate for England and Wales: 21.0.