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Still Births
During 1961, 54 still births were registered in respect of
Croydon. Of these, 29 were male babies and 25 females; 4 females
and 5 males were illegitimate. The proportion of still births
to living children was 1 in 78. The still birth rate was 1.3
per cent, of the total births. The still birth rate, on the
same basis as for Infant Mortality, was 12.7 per 1,000 births.
Deaths
The deaths numbered 3,089, compared with 2,934 in 1960. For
1961 the crude death-rate was 12.2 compared with 11.8 in 1960.
The death-rate for England and Wales was 12. 0.
There were 109 inquests held by Coroners in respect of
Croydon residents during 1961 and 522 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
90. comparisons with 1960 show there were again no deaths from
Whooping cough and none from Measles. There were again no deaths
in the Typhoid group and none from Diphtheria.
The deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis numbered 21 (20 in
1960); those from cancer increased by 29, those from Pneumonia
increased hy 22 and a decrease of 4 was recorded in those caused
hy Bronchitis. There were 17 deaths from Influenza (6 in 1960).
29 deaths from suicide showing a decrease of 2 and motor
vehicle accidents totalled 27 (40 in 1960).
The percentage of deaths under 1 year of age to the total
deaths was 2. 0 per cent.; deaths under 1-14 years, 0. 8 per
cent.; deaths under 15 - 64 years, 24.2 per cent.; and deaths
°ver 65 years, 73. 0 per cent. The corresponding figures for
I960 were Z7 per cent., 0.7 per cent.; 23.8 per cent., aid 72.7
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.