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TELEPHONE NO:
KINGSTON 2121.
(i)
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
GUILDHALL,
KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES.
June, 1961.
TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS OP
THE ROYAL BOROUGH OP KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES.
ANNUAL REPORT. I960.
Mr, Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present the Annual Report on the public health
and social conditions of the Borough for 1960. As in previous years the
report follows the general lines indicated by the Minister of Health,
and is in accordance with Circular 1/6l.
Population - The Registrar General's estimated mid 1960 home population
figure is 38,630 (resident population figure - used for calculation
of the statistical data in this report) an estimated increase of 40
persons compared with 1959. The estimated day population is about 300,000
persons who enter the town for business, education, and recreation purposes.
This influences the volume of work and responsibility of the
Corporation.
Births - The number of live births for 1960 is 578 and compares
with 564 for 1959. The crude birth rate is 15.1 per 1,000 population
compared with 14.5 for 1959.
Deaths - The number of deaths recorded in 1960 is 432 compared
with 416 for 1959. This makes a crude death rate of 11.2 as compared
with 10.8 for 1959. The excess of births over deaths was 146 compared
with 148 for the previous year.
The number of infant deaths (under 1 year of age) in 1960 is 6 which
gives an Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births of 10.4. This is leas
than half the number of infant deaths recorded in 1959 and is the lowest
infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births on record for Kingston-uponThames.
While we are greatly encouraged by the exceptional low figure, we
must expect, now and again, one or two inevitable deaths occurring in a
future year which will again increase the infant mortality rate figure.
The corresponding figures for 1959 were 13 infant deaths and an Infant
Mortality rate of 23.0
The following table shows the approximate average rate for the
previous five years.