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VITAL STATISTICS
Total deaths, 636. (Males, 321: Females, 315.)
Crude Death Rate, 12 04.
For extracts from vital statistics and causes of death, see Appendix, Tables I and II.
Deaths and Death Rate
The death rate, i.e. the number of deaths per 1,000 total population, fell in 1958. Below
is shown the comparative figures for the past six years.
Year Death Rate
1953 13.31
1954 12.16
1955 11.92
1956 12.25
1957 13.02
1958 12.04
The principal causes of death were heart disease, diseases of the circulatory system and
cancer. There was a fall in the number of deaths from heart disease, but a rise in deaths
from circulatory diseases. Deaths from cancer rose from 113 in 1957 to 139 in 1958 including
a rise in deaths from lung cancer from 31 in 1957 to 38 in 1958.
There were no deaths from whooping cough, diphtheria or poliomyelitis. A fall
occurred in the number of deaths from tuberculosis from 13 in 1957 to 5 in 1958. This is
the lowest level yet reached. Three people died from influenza.
The number of outside deaths, i.e. of Southall residents who died in Hillingdon
Hospital, other Middlesex hospitals and hospitals outside the County boundaries, including
various London hospitals, was 250 (males 142 and females 108).
Deaths of institution inmates (including patients from Southall addresses and from
outside areas) number as follows: St. Bernard's Hospital, 167 (males 64 and females 103);
Mount Pleasant Hospital, 7 (4 male and 3 female); Southall-Norwood Hospital, 10 (7 male
and 3 female); Vine Cottage, 5 (all female); in addition 3 deaths (2 male and 1 female)
occurred of persons belonging to other districts and residing temporarily in Southall.
In 1958, three people died as the result of motor vehicle accidents, as compared with 8
in 1957. It is regrettable that there has not been a year free from motor vehicle accident deaths
since 1954. The total number of deaths from violent causes was one less than in 1957—22 in
1958 as compared with 23 in 1957.
To make an approximate allowance for the way in which the sex and age distribution
of the local population differs from that of England and Wales as a whole, the crude death
rate is multiplied by a comparability factor supplied by the Registrar-General. This, then,
gives a comparative death rate of 101, compared with the rate for England and Wales as a
whole, which was 117—the Southall rate is well below that of the nation as a whole.
It is interesting to note from a study of the County statistics that only one Borough in
the County had a lower death rate than Southall in 1958.
For distribution of deaths in the various wards, see Appendix, Table III.
Births and Birth Rate. (Figures for 1957 are given in brackets.)
The total number of registered births in the district (as notified under the Births and
Deaths Registration Act) was 168 (167). The total number of live births belonging to the
district, whether occurring within or outside the district, was 831 (794). The illegitimate
live births were 42 (37). There were 11 stillbirths (15), 10 legitimate, 1 illegitimate.
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