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11
VITAL STATISTICS
Deaths
The number of registered deaths which took place in the Borough
during the year was 3,875 but 1,015 of these did not belong to the
Borough, while 2,011 Borough residents died outside the Borough.
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after allowing
for these factors, was 4,871, of whom 2,242 were males and 2,629
females.
The crude death-rate for the year was 14.0 compared with 14.7 for
1960, but after taking into account the area comparability factor
supplied by the Registrar-General, the adjusted rate works out at
10.5. The death-rate for England and Wales as a whole was 12.0 and
for London 11.9.
Table II shows the total number of registered deaths and the deathrates
for each division based on the approximate population in each
division.

Table III is the general mortality table for the whole Borough and
shows the number of deaths from each cause divided into sexes, age
groups and sub-districts.
The larger number of deaths shown in the Central Division as
compared with the other Parliamentary Divisions is due mainly to
the fact that in that area are located a number of hospitals for the
mentally disordered. Such hospitals are classified by the RegistrarGeneral
for the purpose of deaths statistics as non-transferable and
consequently, deaths occurring in these Institutions are allocated to
this area.