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Still Births
During 1960, 61 still births were registered in respect of
Croydon. Of these,34 were male babies and 27 females; 3 females
and 7 males were illegitimate. The proportion of still births
to living children was 1 in 66. The still birth rate was 1.5
per cent. of the total births. The still birth rate, on the
same basis as for Infant Mortality, was 15.2 per 1,000 births.
Deaths
The deaths numbered 2,934, compared with 3,037 in 1959. For
1960 the crude death-rate was 11.8 compared with 12.2 in 1959.
The death-rate for England and Wales was 11.5.
There were 104 inquests held by Coroners in respect of
Croydon residents during 1960 and 473 findings by Coroners after
post-mortem without inquest.
Wards with the highest death-rate were South (18.2), Central
(14.3) and Bensham Manor (12.9) Lowest: Addington (4.3), Shirley
(9. 4) and West Thornton (9. 2).
The Registrar General's Table is given in the appendix, page
94. Comparisons with 1959 show there were again no deaths from
Whooping Cough and none from Measles (one in 1959). There were
again no deaths in the Typhoid group and none from Diphtheria.
The deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis numbered 20 (24 in
1959); those from Cancer decreased by 38; those from Pneumonia
decreased by 9 and a decrease of 18 was recorded in those caused
by Bronchitis. There were 6 deaths from Influenza (64 in 1959).
31 deaths from suicide showing an increase of 2 and motor
vehicle accidents totalled 40 (29 in 1959).
The percentage of deaths under 1 year of age to the total
deaths was 2.7 per cent.; deaths under 15 years, 0.7 per cent.;
deaths under 65 years, 23.8 per cent.; and deaths over 65 years,
72.7 per cent. The corresponding figures for 1959 were 2.6 per
cent., 0.8 per cent.; 22.9 per cent., and 73.7 per cent.
respectively.
The Registrar-General has continued to supply a comparability
factor - 0.93 by which the crude death-rate must be adjusted
for comparison with other areas of the country as a whole
It will be observed that this factor is less than unity, so that
the standardised, or corrected death-rate, is less than the crude
death-rate, in other words, Croydon has a greater "weighting"
of elderly persons than the average for the country.