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Births
The live births registered during the year numbered 596 compared with
560 in 1960. This gives a crude birth rate of 23.07 per 1,000 Home Population
compared with 21.7 for 1960.
The area comparability factor calculated by the Registrar-General for the
purpose of securing comparability between local births is 0.91. This makes the
Adjusted Birth Rate 21.0 compared with 19.6 for 1960.
Stillbirths
The number of stillbirths registered was 12, equal to a rate of 19.7 of
1,000 total births, compared with 32.8 for 1960.
Deaths
The deaths registered totalled 281, equal to a crude death rate for the year
of 10.8 per 1,000 Home Population compared with 11.4 for 1960.
The area comparability factor calculated by the Registrar-General for the
purpose of securing comparability between local death rates is 0.97. This makes
the Adjusted Death Rate 10.5 compared with 11.3 for the year 1960.
The death rate for England and Wales was 12.0 compared with 11.5
recorded for 1960.
Deaths among the inmates of an institution for men numbered 8.
A large proportion of deaths was of elderly people, and of the total deaths
196 or 69.7% were of persons 65 years of age and over compared with 69.5%
the previous year.
Those dying at 75 years of age and over accounted for 44.1% of the
deaths compared with 40.3% for 1960.
Cancer
Deaths from cancer numbered 44 giving a death rate for Home Population
of 1.7 compared with 2.2 for 1960. The rate for England and Wales was 2.16.
Twelve males died of cancer of the lungs.
Tuberculosis
There were two deaths from tuberculosis in Penge, giving a death rate of
.07. The rate for England and Wales was .072.
Maternal Mortality
There were no maternal deaths during the year. The rate for England and
Wales was 0.33 compared with 0.39 for 1960.