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DEATHS AND DEATH RATE
Whole District
Total deaths, 488. (Males, 240 ; Females, 248.)
Crude Death Rate, 8 96.
For extracts from vital statistics and causes of death, see Appendix, Tables II and III.
A fall in the death rate, which was 8 96, as against 9 26 in 1945, is to be observed.
An analysis of the deaths shows that the causes are mainly deaths from cancer and heart
and other circulatory diseases.
The decrease in the deaths from tuberculosis from 31 in 1945 to 30 in 1946 is
satisfactory, but no inference can be drawn from such slight change.
A slight fall in the death rate from heart disease and other circulatory diseases is
possibly a manifestation of the cessation of war strain.
The total number of deaths registered of persons belonging to the district and dying
within the district at all ages and from all causes was 225 (males 103 and females 122).
For statistical purposes it is necessary to add to this figure the deaths of persons ordinarily
resident in the district, who died in various London Hospitals, the Hillingdon County
Hospital, other Middlesex County Hospitals and elsewhere outside the district. These
"outside" deaths were 263 in number (males 137 and females 126). The total number
of deaths therefore belonging to the district was 488.
The deaths of non-Southall residents in the St. Bernard's Hospital (not included
in the above figures) numbered 133 (males 36 and females 97).
For the distribution of deaths in the various Wards see Appendix, Table IV, and
for the comparison of general birth and death rates and rates of maternal mortality, see
Appendix, Table V.
Births and Birth Rate (figures for 1945 are given in brackets).
The total number of births notified to the Health Department under the Public
Health Act, 1936, was 1,229 (922)- The total number of registered births in the district
(under the Births and Deaths Registration Act—included in the notified births above) was
4°8 (339). The total number of live births belonging to the district whether occurring
within or outside the district was 1,090 (810). The illegitimate five births were 56 (60).
There were 27 stillbirths (22), and these were legitimate, with two exceptions.
Last year, for the first year since 1941, there was no increase in the birth rate in
Southall, but it increased in 1946 to 20 51 which is very satisfactory.
The corresponding rate for the whole country in 1946 was 19-1.
The table below gives the analysis of the places of confinement. The monthly
registration of births classified in Wards is given in Appendix, Table VI. Details of
abnormalities in confinements during 1946 are to be found in Appendix, Table XI.
Total Confinements (live births and still births), 1,117.
No. born in Hillingdon County Hospital 492 or 44%
No. born in London voluntary hospitals 74 or 7%
No. born in nursing homes or other hospitals 335 or 30%
No. confined in their homes by midwives or doctors 216 or 19%
Infant Mortality.
The total number of deaths under one year of age was 37. The rate per 1,000 live
births was 33.9. The corresponding rate for England and Wales was 43, for London 44,
and for the 148 small towns 37 per 1,000.
The infant mortality rate of 33 9 is of the greatest importance. This rate, which
has been decreasing steadily since 1938, maintained a satisfactory position. While the
corresponding rate for England and Wales has remained stationary, such a drop was not to
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