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VITAL STATISTICS
Total Deaths, 719. (Males, 364: Females, 355).
Crude Death Rate, 13.63.
For extracts from vital statistics and causes of death, see Appendix, Tables I and II.

The principal causes of death were cancer, coronary disease, heart disease and other
diseases of the circulatory system—in that order—but if coronary disease is included
amongst the diseases of the circulatory system—this is by far the highest cause. In an
ageing population in an era when speed gets ever faster and crises—political, economic,
and social—multiply, the stress diseases are bound to take their toll, and cerebral haemorrhages
and other sudden arterial breakdowns occur.
The figure for cancer deaths has risen steeply in 1961 from 118 to 148 and lung cancer
accounted for 44 of these—this latter figure had been falling steadily for the previous
three years.
There were no deaths from whooping cough, diphtheria, and poliomyelitis, but there
were eleven who died from influenza. There was one death 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 297 (males 180 and females 117).
Deaths of institution inmates (including patients from Southall addresses and from
outside areas) number as follows: St. Bernard's Hospital, 285 (males 110 and females 175);
Mount Pleasant Hospital, 73 (males 36 and females 37); Southall-Norwood Hospital, 6
(males 4 and females 2); in addition 3 deaths (all male) occurred of persons belonging to
other districts.
In 1961, six people died as the result of motor vehicle accidents, as compared with
nine in 1960. 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 28 in 1961 as compared with 39 in 1960.
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 12.13 compared with the rate for England and
Wales as a whole, which was 12.0.
For distribution of deaths in the various wards, see Appendix, Table III.
Births and Birth Rate. (Figures for 1960 are given in brackets).
The total number of live births belonging to the district, whether occurring within or
outside the district, was 973 (817). The illegitimate live births were 80 (66). There were
22 stillbirths (11), all legitimate.
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