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VITAL STATISTICS
Population.
According to the figure supplied by the Registrar-General the estimated mid-year
population for 1957 was 152,600.
This is 600 less than that for the year 1956 and 3,257 less than the Census
figure for 1951.
Births.
The number of live births recorded during the year decreased by 81, 1,917 occurring
compared with 1,998 in 1956, giving a decreased corrected birth rate of 11.93
per 1,000 Home Population compared with 12.35 last year.
The rate is less than that for the County of Middlesex which is 13.8, and less
than that for England and Wales, which is 16.1 per 1,000 Home Population.
The number of stillbirths decreased from 38 to 25, giving a stillbirth rate of
12.94 per 1,000 total births compared with 18.66 in 1956. The rate for the Borough
of Hendon compares favourably with that for England and Wales, which is 22.4 per
1,000 total births.
Deaths.
Although there were 35 fewer deaths than last year, owing to the fact that
there was a fall in population, the corrected death rate of 10.58 per 1,000 Home
Population is higher, but is less than the rate for England and Wales, which is 11.5
per 1,000 Home Population, and the County of Middlesex, which has a corrected death
rate of 10.9 per 1,000 Home Population.
Heart and associated diseases again accounted for the largest number of deaths,
and second in the principal causes was cancer.
Deaths from motor vehicle and other accidents increased, 44 people dying from
these causes compared with 31 in 1956.
Nineteen people committed suicide, one more than last year.
Infantile Mortality.
Forty-two children died in the first year of life compared with 36 in 1956,
giving an infantile mortality rate of 21.9 per 1,000 live births.
The rate for the Borough compares favourably with that for England and Wales,
which is 23.0 per 1,000 related live births. The rate for the County of Middlesex,
17.7 per 1,000 live births, is lower than that for Hendon.
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