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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 1962. The report
is drawn up in accordance with the suggestions made by the Minister of
Health in his Circular 1/63. 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 Services for the Area. These services are:—
Nursing in the Home:
Domestic Help Service;
Chiropody;
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 1962 is 32,600, and this figure is used in
the compilation of the vital statistics. The figure shows an increase
of 10 compared with the Registrar-General's estimate for mid-year
1961. The census of population taken in 1961 was 32,588.
The live birth rate per 1,000 total population shows an increase at
15.20 in 1962, as compared with 14.44 in 1961. This rate is below that
for England and Wales, which is 18.00.
The stillbirth rate per 1,000 total births is 8.40 compared with
8.85 in 1961. The figure for England and Wales is recorded as 18.10.
The number of children stillborn in the district was 4 out of a total
of 476 births.
The death rate from all causes per 1,000 total population is 10.95
compared with 10.31 in 1961 and 11.90 for England and Wales. Of
the 372 deaths, diseases of the heart accounted for 135 (36.29 per cent
of total deaths), cancer 78 (20.97 per cent of total deaths), and tuberculosis
1 (0.27 per cent of total deaths).
It will be seen from the table on page 13 showing causes of death,
that there were 135 deaths from heart disease, and that other diseases of
the circulatory system accounted for 18 deaths, while vascular lesions
of the nervous system (stroke) accounted for 53 deaths, making a total
of 206 deaths. Most of these deaths took place in people past middleage,
which follows the usual pattern of mortality in this district.
The 78 deaths from cancer were also in people of advancing years.
No mothers died in childbirth during 1962, and this gives a
maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total births of nil, as compared with
0.35 for England and Wales.
The infantile mortality rate shows a decrease at 19.07 per 1,000 live
births, as compared with 20.09 in 1961. Nine infants died under the
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