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VITAL STATISTICS
Total Deaths, 736. (Males 353; Females 383.)
Crude Death Rate, 13.60.
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 slightly in 1962.
Below is shown the comparative figures for the past ten 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
1961 13.63
1962 13.60
The principal causes of death were cancer, coronary disease and heart disease.
The figure for cancer deaths rose steeply from 118 in 1960 to 148 in 1961 but in 1962
dropped to 138 and lung cancer accounted for 36 of these (35 male, 1 female)—there were
44 in 1961: the highest number of cancer deaths in 1962 occurred in the alimentary tract,
i.e. 39, consisting of 4 sited in the oesophagus, 17 in the stomach, 18 in the intestine.
There were no deaths from whooping cough, diphtheria or poliomyelitis, and no
deaths attributed to influenza. There were four deaths from pulmonary 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 296 (males 163 and females 133).
Deaths of institution inmates (including patients from Southall addresses and from
outside areas) number as follows: St. Bernard's Hospital, 258 (males 89 and females 169);
Mount Pleasant Hospital, 43 (males 14 and females 29); Southall-Norwood Hospital, 7
(males 5 and females 2); in addition 2 deaths (male 1 and female 1) occurred of persons
belonging to other districts.
In 1962, three people died as the result of motor vehicle accidents, as compared with six
in 1961 and nine in 1960. The total number of deaths from violent causes was recorded as 24
in 1962 as compared with 28 in 1961 and 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 12.24 compared with the rate for England and Wales as a
whole, which was 11.9.
For distribution of deaths in the various wards, see Appendix, Table III.
Births and Birth Rate. (Figures for 1961 are given in brackets.)
The total number of live births belonging to the district, whether occurring within or
outside the district, was 1,065 (973). The illegitimate live births were 99 (80). There were 20
stillbirths (22), 18 legitimate and 2 illegitimate.
A rise in the birth rate (live and still) is recorded from 15.58 in 1960 to 18.86 in 1961
and now to 20.05 in 1962. The birth rate is the number of births per 1,000 of the total
population.
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