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VITAL STATISTICS
POPULATION
The Registrar-General's mid-year estimate of the civilian population of
Wimbledon, 56,850, shews an estimated decrease of 140 on the previous year,
although the natural increase by excess of births over deaths was 174.
All rates used in this report are based on the Registrar-General's
figures.
BIRTHS
The statistics supplied by the Registrar-General show that during the
year 1962, the total number of registered live births belonging to Wimbledon
was 930. Of this number 492 were males and 438 females. This gives a birthrate
of 16.35 per thousand of the population as compared with a rate of 15.65
per thousand in 1961, and an average of 15.18 in the last five years.
A comparability factor has been supplied by the Registrar-General which
enables the birth-rate for Wimbledon to be compared with that for England and
Wales. The corrected birth-rate for Wimbledon in 1962 was 15.85 per thousand
of the population, whilst the rate for England and Wales was 18.0 and has
averaged 17.0 over the past five years.
STILLBIRTHS - The number of stillbirths registered during the year was
13 (5 males and 8 females), this being 4 fewer than last year. The stillbirth
rate for Wimbledon was 0.22 per thousand of the population, whilst that for
England and Wales was 0.33.
ILLEGITIMACY - Of the live births registered in 1962, 66 (23 males and
43 females) were illegitimate, this being 3 more than in the preceding year.
One of the 13 stillbirths registered was illegitimate.
DEATHS
The total number of Wimbledon residents who died during 1962 was 756
(367 males and 389 females), giving a death-rate of 13.29 per thousand of the
population as compared with 12.38 per thousand for 1961. The corrected deathrate
for 1962 was 11.03 per thousand as compared with a rate of 11.9 per
thousand for England and Wales.
The number of Wimbledon residents who died outside the Borough was 305,
whilst 399 persons not normally resident in Wimbledon died in institutions,
etc. in the Borough.
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