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BOROUGH OF RICHMOND (SURREY).
PREFACE.
SECTION A. —SUMMARY OF STATISTICS AND SOCIAL
CONDITIONS.
Staff.
Mr. J. B. Facer, District Public Health Inspector, resigned his
appointment in June, 1962 and was replaced by Mr. R. W. Sheppard
in September.
Population.
The Registrar General's estimate of the population was 40,680.
This may be compared with his estimate of 40,700 for the previous
year and the Census 1961 figure of 41,002.
Births.
During the year 640 births were recorded (345 males and 295
females) compared with 670 in 1961.
There were 37 premature live births and of these, 34 survived.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths occurring amongst residents was 607
(273 males, and 334 females) compared with 626 in 1961.
The death rate when corrected to allow for the high proportion of
elderly residents is 10.4 per thousand population which compares
favourably with other towns in the country.
The Infant Mortality, Neo-natal Mortality and Still birth rates,
we at a very low level; and although the number of illegitimate births
rose to 54 there was not a single death.
There were only 4 infant deaths and of these one was due to a
birth accident and the other three to prematurity. It is interesting to
note that nearly 29% of the births took place at home compared with
25% in previous years.