[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough].

  • Lambeth (London, England)
Date:
[1971?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    24 VITAL STATISTICS POPULATION The Registrar-General's mid-year estimate for the year 1970 is 321,260. This is a decrease of 3,810 on the figure for the year 1969, and of 18,300 com pared with mid-1965. The number of live births exceeded the deaths, giving a natural increase of 2,087. This would, therefore, appear to indicate a movement of residents out of the Borough. Allowing for the total natural increase since 1965, the total move ment of residents out of the Borough in the past six years was of the order of 35,780. Based on information supplied by the Greater London Research and Intelligence Unit a breakdown of the estimated population is as follows:— Under 1 year 5,550 1 to 4 years 22,050 5 to 14 years 39,400 15 to 64 years 212,960 65 years and over 41,300 Total 321,260 LIVE BIRTHS The total number of live births occurring to residents of the Borough was 5,559 comprising 2,852 males and 2,707 females. This figure was 419 less than that for 1969 giving a reduced corrected birth rate of 15.22 per 1,000 population. The rate for England and Wales was 16.0 and the rates for Inner, Outer and Greater London Areas are 15.0, 15.4 and 15.2 respectively. During the year there were 1,100 illegitimate live births. This figure is 25 less than for 1969 but due to the reduction in the total number of live births, the percentage 19.8 is slightly higher and compares unfavourably with those for Inner London, Outer and Greater London Areas which are 16.2, 8.3 and 11.3 respectively. STILL BIRTHS Stillbirths for the year numbered 86, which is an increase of 18 to the 1969 figure, and gives a stillbirth rate of 15.2. The rate for England and Wales is 13.0 and for the Greater London Area it is 12.0.