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HEALTH STATISTICS
Population
According to the figure supplied by the Registrar General the estimated raid year
population for 19 59 was 151,500.
This is the same as in 19 58 and 4,357 less than the Census figure for 19 51.
Births
The number of live births recorded during the year increased by 17, 1 965
occurring compared with 1,9 48 in 1958 giving an increased corrected birth rate of
12.45 per 1,000 Home Population compared with 12.33 last year.
The rate is less than that for the County of Middlesex which is 14.4 and less
than that for England and Wales, which is 16.5 per 1 000 Home Population.
The number of stillbirths increased from 27 to 37, giving a stillbirth rate of
18.83 per 1,000 total births compared with 13.67 in 1958. The rate for the Borough
of Hendon compares favourably with that for England and Wales, which is 20.7 per
1.000 total births.
Deaths
There was an increase of 65 in the number of deaths. This, the highest total
ever recorded in Hendon, gives an increased corrected death rate of 11.52 per 1,000
Home Population compared with 11.17 in 1958. This rate is slightly higher than that
for the County of Middlesex, which is 11.4 per 1,000 Home Population, but is less
than the rate for England and Wales which is 11.6 per 1,000 Home Population.
As in previous years, heart and associated diseases accounted for the largest
number of deaths, 568 people dying from these causes. Second in the principal causes
was cancer.
Deaths from motor vehicles and other accidents decreased, 45 people dying from
these causes compared with 47 in 1958.
Twenty-three people committed suicide, an increase of 9 on the previous year.
Infantile Mortality
Thirty-eight children died in the first year of life compared with 27 in 1958,
giving an infantile mortality rate of 19.33 per 1,0 00 live births.
The rate for the Borough compared favourably with that for England and Wales,
which is 22.0 per 1,000 related live births. The rate for the County of Middlesex
is 19.4 per 1,000 live births.
Of the 38 children, 32 died before reaching the age of 1 month giving a neo
natal mortality rate of 16.28 per 1,000 live births compared with 15.8 for England
and Wales.
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