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(c) Births.
The corrected number of births for the year, supplied by
the Registrar-General, was 1,750. On the estimated population,
i.e., 117,600, this represents an annual rate of 14.9 births per
thousand persons living, the same as the previous year.
(d) Deaths.
During the year 1,409 deaths were registered. Adding 296
deaths of residents of this Borough transferred by the RegistrarGeneral
as having occurred in various parts of England, and
deducting 477 deaths of non-residents and 21 transferable deaths
which occurred, the corrected number of deaths of residents
was 1,207 (672 males, 535 females).
On the estimated population, i.e., 117,600, the corrected
number of deaths of residents was equal to an annual rate of
10.3 deaths per 1,000 persons living, as compared with the
previous year's rate of 11.4.
In the Statistical Supplement will be found a chart showing
the proportion of deaths from the principal causes, from which
will be seen that diseases affecting the heart and important blood
vessels come first and cancer occupies third place-lung conditions
having taken second place.
(e) Infant Mortality.
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age
during the year was 35, giving an annual mortality rate per
1,000 live births of 20.
(f) Maternal Mortality.
Three maternal deaths occurred during the year as against
two for the previous year, resulting in a death rate of 1.67 per
1,000 live and still-births.
Census of Great Britain, 1951.
Following the 1951 census, the County Report for London
by the Registrar-General has now been published. The report
contains many statistical tables and much useful information,
and the following is of considerable interest.
In the last 20 years there has been a marked decrease in
large families living in the County of London. During this
period the decrease in households of 8 or 9 is as much as 75%,
whilst households of 6 or 7 have decreased by 58% and those
with 5 by 36%.