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Births
There were 4,775 live births allocated to the Borough during
1966, after adjustments for inward and outward transfers, this
being a decrease of 138 over the figure for the previous year. Of
the 4,775 live births, 3,685 occurred in hospitals and 1,090 in
private dwellings.
Of the total live births, 2,504 were males and 2,271 females.
The crude birth rate for the area was 15.8 per 1,000 population,
and the adjusted rate, for use when comparing one area with
another was 16.0. The figures for 1965 were 16.3 and 16.5
respectively.
The birth rate for the Borough is well below that of 17.7 for
Greater London and England and Wales as a whole.
In addition to the live births, there were 73 still births, representee
a rate of 15.0 per 1.000 total live and still births.

Deaths
Deaths registered in 1966 numbered 3,119 giving a crude death
rate of 10.3 per 1,000 population. This rate, when standardized
by the comparability factor gives a figure of 10.0 for comparison
purposes. The rates for Greater London and for England and
Wales were 11.1 and 11.7 respectively.
The total number of deaths shown in the following Table
includes persons who, though normally resident in the Borough,
died elsewhere in England and Wales, but excludes persons who,
though they died in the area were ordinarily resident in other parts
of England and Wales. Deaths of persons ordinarily resident outside
the borders of England and Wales are included in the figures
if they occurred in the Borough, as also are those of members of
H.M. Forces who were stationed in the area.
Accidental Deaths
During the year 82 residents died from accidents of all kinds,
including 41 in motor vehicle accidents.