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Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Wallington.
To the Worshipful the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough
of Beddington and Wallington
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my annual report for 1957. The report
is drawn up in accordance with the suggestions made by the Minister of
Health in his Circular 1/58. The vital statistics are based on information
supplied by the Registrar-General.
The report includes those services which are under the control of the
Surrey County Council, the Local Health Authority under the National
Health Service Act, 1946, under the heading of General Provision of
Health Service for the Area. These services are:—
Nursing in the Home;
Domestic Help Service;
Care of Mothers and Young Children ;
Immunisation and Vaccination;
Ambulance Facilities.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the population of Beddington and
Wallington at mid-year 1957 is 32,460, and this figure is used in the
compilation of the vital statistics. The figure shows a decrease of 80
compared with the Registrar-General's estimate for mid-year 1956. The
census of population taken in 1951 was 32,751.
The birth rate per 1,000 total population shows an increase at 13.04
in 1957, as compared with 12.12 in 1956. This rate is below that for
England and Wales, which is 16.1.
The stillbirth rate per 1,000 total births is 9.83, compared with 15.87
in 1956. This is lower than that for England and Wales, which is recorded
as 22.5. The number of children stillborn in the district was 4, which is
2 less than the number recorded in 1956, out of a total of 407 births, as
compared with 378 in 1956.
The death rate from all causes per 1,000 total population is 10.44,
compared with 10.52 in 1956, and 11.50 for England and Wales. Of the
353 deaths, diseases of the heart and circulatory system accounted for
106 (30.03 per cent of total deaths), cancer 77 (21.81 per cent of total
deaths), and tuberculosis 2 (0.57 per cent of total deaths).
Deaths from diseases of the heart and circulatory system again, in
1957, continued to account for a very high proportion of total deaths.
There were 45 deaths from coronary disease, 49 from vascular lesions of
the nervous system (cerebral haemorrhage), and 61 from other heart
diseases.
Deaths from all diseases were generally higher amongst the older age
groups, which is accounted for by the large number of people over 65 years
of age living in the district.
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