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VITAL STATISTICS
Total Deaths, 699. (Males, 352: Females, 347.)
Crude Death Rate, 13.15.
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, rose again in
1960. Below is shown the comparative figures for the past eight years.
Year Death Rate
1953 13.31
1954 12.16
1955 11.92
1956 12.25
1957 13.02
1958 12.04
1959 12.12
1960 13.15
The three principal causes of death were coronary disease, cancer, and heart disease
—in that order. The rise in deaths from coronary disease is very steep—156 in 1960,
114 in 1959. Heart diseases rose also from 83 in 1959 to 111 in 1960, but the rise in
deaths from cancer was small, from 115 to 118 and the figure for lung cancer deaths fell
again, being 38 in 1958, 36 in 1959 and 31 in 1960.
There were no deaths from whooping cough, diphtheria, poliomyelitis or influenza.
There were five deaths from tuberculosis.
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 282 (males 166 and females 116).
Deaths of institution inmates (including patients from Southall addresses and from
outside areas) number as follows: St. Bernard's Hospital, 178 (males 62 and females 116);
Mount Pleasant Hospital, 24 (8 male and 16 female); Southall-Norwood Hospital, 8
(2 male and 6 female); Vine Cottage, 4 (3 male and 1 female); in addition 3 deaths (1 male
and 2 female) occurred of persons belonging to other districts and residing temporarily
in Southall.
In 1960, nine people died as the result of motor vehicle accidents, as compared with
five in 1959. 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 recorded
as 39 in 1960 as compared with 30 in 1959.
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 12.10, compared with the rate for England
and Wales as a whole, which was 11.5.
For distribution of deaths in the various wards, see Appendix, Table III.
Births and Birth Rate. (Figures for 1959 are given in brackets.)
The total number of registered births in the district (as notified under the Births and
Deaths Registration Act) was 184 (171). The total number of live births belonging to
the district, whether occurring within or outside the district, was 817 (743). The
illegitimate live births were 66 (55). There were 22 stillbirths (10), 11 legitimate, 11
illegitimate.
A rise in the birth rate (live and still) is recorded from 14.23 in 1959 to 15.58 in 1960.
The birth rate is the number of births per 1,000 of the total population.
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