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VITAL STATISTICS
Population
According to the figures supplied by the Registrar General
the estimated mid year population for 1957 was 224,300.
This is 400 more than the Registrar-General's estimate of
Population for 1956 but 5,940 less than the Census figure for 1951.
Births
The number of live births recorded during the year was 4,205,
an increase of 290 on the figure for 1956. This gives a corrected
birth rate of 16.82 compared with 15.74 last year. The rate for
the County of London is 16.2 and that for England and Wales 16.1.
The number of still-births registered during the year was 112,
an increase of 31 over the figure for 1956, giving an increased
still-birth rate of 25.94 per 1, 000 total births and 0.50 per 1,000
Home Population compared with rates of 22.4 and 0.37 for England
and Wales.
Deaths
The number of deaths decreased by 30, giving a corrected death
rate of 10.83 compared with 11.10 per 1,000 Home Population in
1956. The death rate for Lambeth compares favourably with that for
the County of London which is 11.2 and with that for England and
Wales which is 11.5.
Heart and associated diseases accounted for the largest number
of deaths, 1,053 people dying from these causes. Second was Cancer
and during the year 470 people died from all forms of this disease.
Deaths from respiratory tuberculosis fell from 22 in 1956 to
17 in 1957, but deaths from other forms of the disease increased,
five occurring in 1957 compared with none in 1956.
Sixteen deaths resulted from motor vehicle accidents, the same
as last year, but two more men died in this manner.
Other accidents accounted for 42 deaths compared with 44 last
year.
There was an increase of two in the number of suicides, 29
people taking their own lives compared with 27 in 1956.