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VITAL STATISTICS
POPULATION
The Registrar-General's mid-year estimate of the civilian population
of Wimbledon, 56,980, shows an estimated increase of 130 on the previous
year. The natural increase by excess of births over deaths was 203.
All rates used in this report sure based on the Registrar-General's
figures.
BIRTHS
The statistics supplied by the Registrar-General show that during the
year 1963, the total number of registered live births belonging to Wimbledon
was 951. Of this number 499 were males and 452 females. This gives a
birthrate of 16.68 per thousand of the population as compared with a rate
of 16.35 per thousand in 1962, and an average of 15.76 in the last five years.
A comparability factor has been supplied by the Registrar-General which
enables the birthrate for Wimbledon to be compared with that for England and
Wales. The corrected birthrate for Wimbledon in 1963 was 15.84 per thousand
of the population, whilst the rate for England and Wales was 18.2 and has
averaged 17.4 over the past five years.
STILLBIRTHS - The number of stillbirths registered during the year was
16 (5 males and 11 females), this being 3 more than last year. The
stillbirth rate for Wimbledon was 0.26 per thousand of the population,
whilst that for England and Wales was 0.31.
Illegitimacy - Of the live births registered in 1963, 66 (35 males and
31 females) were illegitimate, the same number as in the preceding year.
Three of the 16 stillbirths registered were illegitimate.
DEATHS
The total number of Wimbledon residents who died during 1963 was 748
(344 males and 404 females), giving a death-rate of 13.12 per thousand of
the population as compared with 13.29 per thousand for 1962. The corrected
death-rate for 1963 was 11.54 per thousand as compared with a rate of 12.2
per thousand for England and Wales.
The number of Wimbledon residents who died outside the Borough was
356, whilst 323 persons not normally resident in Wimbledon died in
institutions, etc. in the Borough.
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