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VITAL STATISTICS
POPULATION
The Registrar-General's mid-year estimate for the year 1967 is 338,130.
This is a decrease of 1,270 on the figure for the year 1966.
BIRTHS
The total number of births occurring to residents of the Borough was 6,799
comprising 3,438 males and 3,361 females. This figure was 573 less than that for
1966 giving a reduced corrected birth rate of 17.9 per 1,000 population. The rate,
however, is higher than that for England and Wales which is 17.2 and the rates
for the Inner, Outer and Greater London Areas which are 16.5, 15.4 and 15.8
respectively.
During the year there were 1,156 illegitimate live births. This figure is
twenty less than that for 1966, but due to the reduction in the total number of
live births, the percentage, 17%, is higher and compares unfavourably with those
for the Inner London, Outer and Greater London Areas which are 15.3, 8.7 and
11.4 respectively.
STILL BIRTHS
Stillbirths for the year numbered 105. This is 8 fewer than for 1966 but again
owing to the reduction in the total number of births, the stillbirth rate at 15.2 is
the same as that for last year. The rate, however, is higher than those for England
and Wales, and the Greater London Area.
DEATHS
Allowing for inward and outward transfers the total number of deaths comprising
1,830 males and 1,782 females was 3,612.
The corrected death rate at 11.3 per 1,000 population approximates to those
for England and Wales and Inner London but is slightly higher than the rates for
the Outer and Greater London Areas. Sixty-five per cent of the total deaths
occurred in persons aged 65 years and over.
Heart and diseases of the circulatory system accounted for the largest number
of deaths, 1,232 occurring out of a total of 3,612.
Malignant neoplasms of all forms ranked second.
Twenty-two fewer people took their own lives than in 1966 and motor vehicle
accidents accounted for 45 deaths, a decrease of 6 on the figure for last year.
One mother died as a result of diseases of pregnancy or childbirth giving a
maternal mortality rate of 0.14 per 1,000 total births. This figure compares very
favourably with those for England and Wales and the Inner, Outer and Greater
London Areas.