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22
Accidental Deaths
During the year 73 residents died from accidents of all kinds,
including 37 in motor vehicle accidents.

Rates per 1,000 population
All forms 2.4
Lung and bronchus 0.65
Other forms 1.75
Maternal Mortality
No maternal deaths occurred in the Borough during the year.
The maternal mortality rate for Greater London for 1971 was 0.12
per 1,000 total births.
T uberculosis
There were 3 deaths attributed to pulmonary tuberculosis
and 1 to non-respiratory tuberculosis, giving a death rate of
0.01 per 1,000 population.
Infant Mortality
There were 43 deaths of infants under 1 year of age during
1971. 38 of these were legitimate and 5 illegitimate, giving a rate
of 10 per 1,000 total births. The rates for Greater London and
England and Wales were 17.4 and 18.0 respectively.
Of the 43 infant deaths, 31 were under four weeks old,
giving a neonatal mortality rate of 7 per 1,000 total live births.
The neonatal mortality rate for Greater London was 11.6 and for
England and Wales 12.0. There were 26 deaths of infants under
one week of age, giving an early neonatal mortality rate of 6.0
per 1,000 total live births. The rates for Greater London and
England and Wales were 9.7 and 10. The perinatal mortality
rate for the Borough (stillbirths and deaths under one week
combined, per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) was 17 and those
for Greater London and England and Wales were 21.3 and 22
respectively.