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Deaths
The deaths registered totalled 285, equal to a crude death rate for the year
of 11.1 per 1,000 Home Population compared with 11.6 in 1956.
The area comparability factor calculated by the Registrar General for the
purpose of securing comparability between local death rates in 0.99. This makes
the Adjusted Death Rate 11.02 compared with 11.368 for the year 1956.
The Death Rate for England and Wales was 11.5 compared with 11.7
recorded for 1956.
Deaths among the inmates of an Institution for elderly men numbered 14.
A large proportion of deaths were of elderly people, and of the total deaths,
193 or 67% were of persons 65 years of age and over, compared with 53.2%
the previous year.
Those dying at 75 years of age and over accounted for 42.8% of the total
deaths, compared with 43.1% in 1956.
Cancer
Deaths from cancer numbered 44 giving a death rate for 1,000 Home
population of 1.7 compared with 1.8 for 1956. The rate for England and Wales
was 2.104.
Tuberculosis
The death rate per 1,000 Home population was 0.07 against 0.202 for
1956. The rate for England and Wales was 0.107.
Maternal Mortality
There were no maternal deaths during the year compared with one maternal
death in 1956.
The rate for England and Wales was 0.47 compared with 0.56 in 1956.
Infantile Mortality
The number of deaths under one year was 12, corresponding to a rate of
22.1 for 1,000 births, compared with a rate of 18.2 for 1956. The infantile
mortality rate for England and Wales was 23.0. Ten of the 12 infants died
under the age of four weeks, four from congenital malformations.