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Still Births
During 1963, 69 still births were registered in respect of
Croydon.. Of these, 36 were male babies and 33 females; 3 females
and 2 males were illegitimate. The proportion of still births
to living children was 1 in 74. 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 13.5 per 1,000 births.
Deaths
The deaths numbered 3,280, compared with 3,179 in 1962. For
1963 the crude death-rate was 12.9 compared with 12.5 in 1962.
The death-rate for England and Wales was 12.2.
There were 156 inquests held by Coroners in respect of
Croydon residents during 1963 and 458 findings by Coroners after
post-mortem without inquest.
Wards with the highest death-rate were South (19.1), Central
(16.4) and Broad Green (14.9). Lowest:' Addington (4.5), South
Norwood (8.0) and East (11.6).
The Registrar General's Table is given in the Appendix, page
108 Comparisons with 1962 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 (12 in
1962;) those from Cancer decreased by 29, those from Pneumonia
increased by 65 and an increase of 1 was recorded in those
caused by Bronchitis. There were 17 deaths from Influenza (13 in
1962).
50 deaths from suicide showing an increase of 18 and motor
vehicle accidents totalled 31 (34 in 1962).
The percentage of deaths under 1 year of age to the total
deaths was 2.8 per cent.; deaths under 1-14 years, 0.9 per
cent.; deaths under 15 - 64 years, 24.0 per cent.; and deaths
over 65 years, 72. 3 per cent. The corresponding figures for 1962
were 2.4 per cent.; 0.4 per cent.; 23.1 per cent.; and 74.1 per
cent., respectively.
The Registrar-General has continued to supply a comparability
factor - 0.94 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.