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To the Worshipful the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the London Borough
of Sutton.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present the report for 1964 on the health of the
people of the former Borough of Beddington and Wallington, now a part of
your new London Borough of Sutton.
This is the twenty-eighth and last report in the seri.es commenced by
me in 1937. I feel it is a very great honour to have served the Borough as
Medical Officer of Health during the whole course of its existence and now,
as Associate Medical Officer of Health of the new London Borough, to be
enabled to continue to serve the community to which I have been so long
attached.
The report has been drawn up in accordance with Ministry of Health
Circular 1/1965
The Registrar General's estimate of the population of Beddington and
Wallington at mid-year 1964 is 32,590 and this figure is used in the
compilation of the vital statistics. The figure shows an increase of 30
compared with the Registrar General's estimate for mid-year 1963. The
census of population taken in 1961 was 32,588.
The live birth rate per 1,000 total population shows a slight increase
at 15.65 in 1964 as compared with 15.47 in 1963 This rate is below that
for England and Wales, which is 18.40.
The stillbirth rate per 1,000 total births is 10.57 compared with 8.56
in 1963. The figure for England and Wales is recorded as 16.40. The
number of children stillborn in the district was 5 out of a total of 473
births.
The death rate from all causes per 1,000 total population is 9.76
compared with 10.51 in 1963 and 11,30 for England and Wales. Of the 335
deaths, diseases of the heart accounted for 108 (32.24 of total deaths)
cancer 73 (21.79 per cent of total deaths). There was one death 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 8 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 19, showing an increase
of one on the previous year. The total number of deaths from cancer was 73#
No mothers died in childbirth during 1964, and this gives a maternal
mortality rate per 1,000 total births of nil, as compared with 0.25 for
England and Wales.
The infantile mortality rate shows a decrease at 17.09 per 1,000 live
births, as compared with 17.32 in 1963. Eight infants died under the age
of one year in 1964 out of 468 live births. The corresponding rate for
England and Wales is 20*00.
The incidence of infectious disease generally throughout 1964 has been
low. Out of a total of 153 notifications of infectious diseases, measles
accounted for 116.
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