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Deaths among the inmates of an Institution for elderly men numbered 11.
It should be noted that a large proportion of the deaths were of elderly
people, and of the total deaths 206 or 72.0% were of persons 65 years of age and
over, compared with 68.8% the previous year.
Those dying at 75 years of age and over accounted for 45.8% of the total
deaths, compared with 42.6% in 1949.
Cancer.
The cancer death rate per 1,000 home population was 1.66, compared with
2.01 in 1949.
Tuberculosis.
The death rate per 1,000 home population was 0.43 as against 0.40 in 1949.
Maternal Mortality.
There was no maternal death during the year.
The maternal mortality rate for England and Wales was 0.86 per 1,000 total
(live and still) births.
Infantile Mortality.
The number of deaths under one year of age was 14, corresponding to a rate
of 25.22 per 1,000 births compared with a rate of 19.30 for 1949, which is the
lowest recorded in Penge. Nine of the 14 infants died under the age of one week.