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London County Council 1964
[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+ | |||
| 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 | 3,186 | 248 | 378 | 422 | 894 | 838 | 406 | 37.7 | |
| 1963 | 3,179 | 269 | 368 | 434 | 893 | 826 | 389 | 37.2 | |
| 1964 | M | 1,504 | 129 | 184 | 212 | 455 | 386 | 138 | 35.7 |
†Resident civilian population, plus any British, Commonwealth or Foreign Armed Forces stationed in the
area.
The population figure for 1964 is the estimate based on the final adjustments to the 1961
census enumerated population and therefore the apparent increase of 6,000 on the 1963
estimate may not be a real one. These adjustments make it very difficult to ascertain the
trend of population over the past two-three years; all that can be said with any reliability
is that there has not been very much change in the total figure. Differences in the age group
estimates are also attributable more to adjustments of the figures than to real changes in
the age composition of the population. For example, the apparent fall of 18,000 in the
0-4 years age group between 1963 and 1964 is unlikely to be a real change in view of the
rise in the annual number of births in the last few years.
T able (ii)—
| Year | Live births | Stillbirths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate per 1,000 population | No. | Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still) | |
| 1955 | 49,826 | 151 | 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 | 180 | 1,052 | 18.0 |
| 1961 | 60,052 | 18.9 | 1,103 | 18.0 |
| 1962 | 62,524 | 19.6 | 1,054 | 16.6 |
| 1963 | 63,500 | 20.0 | 1,018 | 15.8 |
| 1964 | 63,500 | 19.9 | 964 | 15.0 |
*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.
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