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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER
of__health
1960
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Wimbledon, S.W.19.
(WIMbledon 6262)
August 1961
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Wimbledon.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the Annual Report on the work of the Public
Health Department for the year 1960. This Report is compiled in accordance
with the instructions contained in Circular 1/61 of the Ministry of Health.
In order to effect a financial saving the Report, for the first time, has
been printed in the Town Hall by Multilith offset printing, instead of being
sent to an outside firm of printers. It is otherwise on similar lines to
previous years, apart from Section B, which has been slightly extended to give
more information about the Personal Health Services.
The Registrar-General's estimated mid-1960 home population, 57,460, shews
an increase of 10 over 1959. This is the first increase in population noted
by the Registrar-General in respect of Wimbledon since 1952, there having been
a gradual but steady decline in the population since this date.
Live births in Wimbledon in 1960 numbered 885, giving a birth rate, per
thousand of the population, of 14.79, which compares with 846 births and a
rate of 3-4.13 in 1959. This is the highest live birth rate recorded in the
Borough since 1949. Six per cent of the total live births were illegitimate.
The live birth rate for England and Wales for the year was 17.1.
Deaths numbered 668 as against 752 in 1959. This gives a death rate of
9.88 per thousand population compared with 13.09 in 1959. The excess of births
over deaths was 217 compared with 94 in the previous year. The death rate for
England and Wales for the year was 11.5.
The number of infant deaths (under 1 year of age) was 17 compared with 20
in the preceding year, giving an infantile mortality rate of 19.20 per thousand
live births. This compares favourably with the rate for England and Wales
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