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HEALTH STATISTICS
POPULATION
According to the figure supplied by the Registrar-General the estimated midyear
population for 1962 was 150,720.
This is 1,123 less than the Census figure for 1961.
BIRTHS
The number of live births recorded during the year increased by 26, 2,139
occurring compared with 2,113 in 1961, giving an increased corrected birth rate of
13.62 per 1,000 Home Population compared with 13.44 last year.
The rate is less than that for England and Wales, which is 18.0 per 1,000
Home Population.
The number of stillbirths increased from 26 to 30, giving a stillbirth rate
of 13.78 per 1,000 total births compared with 12.15 in 1961. The rate for the
Borough of Hendon compares favourably with that for England and Wales, which is
18.1 per 1,000 total births.
DEATHS
There was a decrease of 15 in the number of deaths. This gives a corrected
death rate of 11.34 per 1,000 Home Population compared with 11.43 in 1961. The
rate for England and Wales is 11.9 per 1,000 Home Population.
As in previous years, heart and associated diseases accounted for the largest
number of deaths, 638 people dying from these causes. Second in the principal
causes was cancer.
Deaths from motor vehicle and other accidents decreased, 31 people dying from
these causes compared with 50 in 1961.
Twenty four people committed suicide, an increase of five on the previous
year.
INFANTILE MORTALITY
Forty children died in the first year of life compared with 36 in 1961,
giving an infantile mortality rate of 18.7 per 1,000 live births.
The rate for England and Wales is 21.4 per 1,000 related live births.
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