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The number of stillbirths increased by one to 24, but the
stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths remains the same at 13.
INFANT MORTALITY
Twentyeight children under one year of age died and of these
sixteen died within the first week. The infant mortality rate (deaths
of infants under one year per 1 ,000 live births) remains at 16, which
is equal to the lowest rate recorded in Hampstead,
DEATHS
The number of Hampstead residents who died during 1962 was
1,050, an increase of 75 over the previous year. The death rate of
10, 7 per 1,000 of the population is an increase over the two previous
years when the rates were 10.1 and 10.4,
There was an increase in the number of deaths from cancer
of the lung but the number was no higher than the average over the
past five years.
The most notable increase in deaths was from heart disease
which accounted for 25 per cent, more deaths in 1962 than in 1961.
Of these deaths , 67 were in persons in the 20 year age group of 45 to
64 years; 80 were in the ten year group of 65 to 74 years, and 109
were persons of more than 75 years of age.
There were no deaths from diphtheria or poliomyelitis and
no maternal deaths due to childbirth.
The number of deaths from motor vehicle accidents increased
sharply from 5 in 1961 to 18 in 1962 and this is in fact the highest
figure recorded in the past twelve years.
Deaths from other accidents fell by 5 to 16. The number of
suicides at 26 is similar to the average over recent years.