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The following tables I, II, III, IV summarise certain
vital statistics.
Table I shows the figures for live births, still
births, and deaths for the years 1948 - 1952 inclusive.
It is noted that the number of births has declined in
this period, but has remained practically the same for
1951 and 1952, namely 574 and 576 respectively. It is
interesting to note also that in these last two years,
1951 and 1952, in the total live births the number of
males born exceeded that of females more substantially
than in the previous three years. The number of still
births is very high and shows a specially high figure
for females. The number of deaths remains about the
same, and is 499 for 1952.
The figures in Table II are the Registrar General's
estimates for successive years since 1923. They give the
population, number of live births, birth rate per 1,000
population, number of deaths, the death rate per 1,000
population, and also the infant mortality rate per 1,000
live births of Kingston-upon-Thames, England and Wales,
and the London Area. The trend of the population
figure is to remain at about 40,000.
Table III is largely self-explanatory and compares
certain rates (births, deaths, and notifications of
infectious disease) in England and Wales, 160 large towns,
160 small towns, London Administrative County, and
Kingston-upon-Thames, Discussion of the number of
notifications of infectious disease received during 1952
in Kingston-upon-Thames appears later in this report in
Section F.
The causes of deaths shown in Table IV are now in
accordance with the 36 headings based on the Abbreviated
List of the International Statistical Classification of
Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death. These differ
from the headings used in some earlier years, and, in
order to provide comparative figures, the causes of death
used for 1948, and 1949, have been converted as far as
possible to the new classifications.