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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 1963. This report
is the 27th and will probably be the last to be submitted to the Members
of the Beddington and Wallington Borough Council. By the time the
report for the year 1964 is ready for presentation, the new London
Borough of Sutton will be functioning.
The report includes those services, which are under the control of
the Surrey County Council, the Local Health Authority under the
National Health Services 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 1963 is 32,560, and this figure is used in the
compilation of the vital statistics. The figure shows a decrease of 40
compared with the Registrar General's estimate for mid-year 1962.
The census of population taken in 1961 was 32,588.
The live birth rate per 1,000 total population shows a slight increase
at 15.47 in 1963, as compared with 15.20 in 1962. This rate is below
that for England and Wales, which is 18.20.
The stillbirth rate per 1,000 total births is 8.56 compared with 8.40
in 1962. The figure for England and Wales is recorded as 17.20. The
number of children stillborn in the district was 4 out of a total of 466
births.
The death rate from all causes per 1,000 total population is 10.51
compared with 10.95 in 1962 and 12.20 for England and Wales. Of
the 360 deaths, diseases of the heart accounted for 129 (35.83 per cent
of total deaths), cancer 76 (21.10 per cent of total deaths). There were
no deaths from tuberculosis.
As has been reported in previous years, heart disease and other
diseases of the circulatory system and vascular lesions of the nervous
system (stroke) accounted for a great proportion of the deaths. The
table on Page 12 gives the number of deaths from these various causes.
It will be seen that the pattern is very comparable with what has taken
place in previous years.
The number of deaths from cancer of the lung was 18, showing
an increase of one on the previous year. The total number of deaths
from cancer was 76.
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