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London County Council 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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VITAL STATISTICS*
Table (i)—
| Year | Mid-year estimate of population by the Registrar General, by age groups | Average age (years) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65+ | |||
| 1953 | 3,343 | 244 | 413 | 410 | 1,072 | 826 | 378 | 36.7 | |
| 1954 | 3,322 | 234 | 425 | 394 | 1,056 | 827 | 386 | 36.9 | |
| 1955 | 3,295 | 230 | 421 | 391 | 1,037 | 829 | 387 | 37.1 | |
| 1956 | 3,273 | 229 | 427 | 384 | 1,018 | 829 | 386 | 37.1 | |
| 1957 | 3,254 | 230 | 425 | 383 | 974 | 843 | 399 | 37.4 | |
| 1958 | 3,225 | 231 | 418 | 387 | 949 | 843 | 397 | 37.5 | |
| 1959 | 3,204 | 236 | 409 | 394 | 925 | 842 | 398 | 37.5 | |
| 1960 | 3,194 | 241 | 403 | 398 | 905 | 846 | 401 | 37.6 | |
| 1961 | 3,180 | 247 | 396 | 404 | 893 | 839 | 401 | 37.5 | |
| 1962 | M | 1,500 | 127 | 193 | 200 | 447 | 388 | 145 | 35.8 |
| F | 1,686 | 121 | 185 | 222 | 447 | 450 | 261 | 39.4 | |
| 3,186 | 248 | 378 | 422 | 894 | 838 | 406 | 37.7 | ||
| † Resident civilian population, plus any British, Commonwealth or Foreign Armed Forces stationed in the area. | |||||||||
There was a net increase of 6,000 in the estimated population from the previous year's
figure; this is not necessarily a reversal of the downward trend of the past ten years but
rather an adjustment of the estimate in the light of the results of the 1961 census. The
main changes in the estimate are the loss of 18,000 in the school age population (5-14 years)
offset by a corresponding increase at 15-24 years, as children born in the years of high
fertility immediately after the war moved into the next higher age range.
Fertility
Table (ii)—
| Year | Live births | Stillbirths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate per 1,000 population | No. | Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still) | |
| 1953 | 50,992 | 15.3 | 1,088 | 20.9 |
| 1954 | 50,745 | 15.3 | 1,029 | 19.9 |
| 1955 | 49,826 | 15.1 | 1,034 | 20.3 |
| 1956 | 52,171 | 15.9 | 1,070 | 20.1 |
| 1957 | 52,733 | 16.2 | 1,083 | 20.1 |
| 1958 | 54,152 | 16.8 | 1,102 | 19.9 |
| 1959 | 55,191 | 17.2 | 1,085 | 19.3 |
| 1960 | 57,368 | 18.0 | 1,052 | 18.0 |
| 1961 | 60,052 | 18.9 | 1,103 | 18.0 |
| 1962 | 62,524 | 19.6 | 1,054 | 16.6 |
| * The statistics given are based on the latest information available from the Registrar General: instances have occurred in the past in which figures have been subsequently corrected so that data for a previous year may differ from that published in the Annual Report for that year. | ||||