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HEALTH STATISTICS
POPULATION
According to the figure supplied by the Registrar-General the estimated mid-year population for
1963 was 150,200.
This is 1,643 less than the Census figure for 1961.
BIRTHS
The number of live births recorded during the year increased by 17, 2,156 occurring compared with
2,139 in 1962, giving an increased corrected birth rate of 13.92 per 1,000 Home Population compared with
13.62 last year.
The rate is less than that for England and Wales, which is 18.2 per 1,000 Home Population.
The number of stillbirths decreased from 30 to 25, giving a stillbirth rate of 11.59 per 1,000 total
births compared with 13.78 in 1962. The rate for the Borough of Hendon compares favourably with
that of England and Wales, which is 17.3 per 1,000 total births.
DEATHS
There was an increase of 55 in the number of deaths. This gives a corrected death rate of 11.32
per 1,000 Home Population compared with 11.34 in 1962. The rate for England and Wales is 12.2 per 1,000
Home Population.
As in previous years, heart and associated diseases accounted for the largest number of deaths,
642 people dying from these causes. 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 1962.
Nineteen people committed suicide, a decrease of five on the previous year.
INFANTILE MORTALITY
Thirty-nine children died in the first year of life compared with 40 in 1962, giving an infantile
mortality rate of 18.1 per 1,000 live births.
The rate for England and Wales is 20.9 per 1,000 related live births.
Of the 39 children, 31 died before reaching the age of 1 month, giving a neo-natal mortality rate of
14.37 per 1,000 live births compared with 14.2 for England and Wales.
MATERNAL MORTALITY
No maternal deaths occurred during the year.
DEATHS FROM CANCER OF THE LUNG AND BRONCHUS
During the year in Hendon 34 men and 3 women under 65 years of age died from this cause.
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