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HEALTH STATISTICS
POPULATION
According to the figure supplied by the Registrar-General the estimated midyear
population for 1961 was 150,920.
This is 4,937 less than the Census figure for 1951.
BIRTHS
The number of live births recorded during the year increased by 152, 2,113
occurring compared with 1,961 in 1960, giving an increased corrected birth rate of
13.44 per 1,000 Home Population compared with 12.39 last year.
The rate is less than that for the County of Middlesex which is 16.1 and less
than that for England and Wales, which is 17.4 per 1,000 Home Population.
The number of stillbirths decreased from 34 to 26, giving a stillbirth rate
of 12.15 per 1,000 total births compared with 17.04 in 1960. The rate for the
Borough of Hendon compares favourably with that for England and Wales, which is
18.7 per 1,000 total births.
DEATHS
There was an increase of 37 in the number of deaths. This gives a corrected
death rate of 11,43 per 1,000 Home Population compared with 11.11 in 1960. This
rate is slightly lower than that for the County of Middlesex which is 11.6 per
1,000 Home Population; the rate for England and Wales is 12.00 per 1,000 Home
Population.
As in previous years, heart and associated diseases accounted for the
largest number of deaths, 504 people dying from these causes. Second in the principal
causes was cancer.
Deaths from motor vehicle and other accidents increased, 50 people dying from
these causes compared with 45 in 1960.
Nineteen people committed suicide, a decrease of 6 on the previous year.
INFANTILE MORTALITY
Thirty-six children died in the first year of life compared with 43 in 1960.
giving an infantile mortality rate of 17.03 per 1,000 live births.
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