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Deaths and Death Rate
A rise in the Death Rate occurred from 11.75 1950 to 12.49
in 1951°

and it will be observed that all these are higher in 1951 than in
1950.
The figure for deaths from tuberculosis is more satisfactory,
as it has fallen from 34 to 25, which latter figure is the same as
that for 1949. Of the 25 deaths this year, 24 were from
respiratory tuberculosis, 1 from non-respiratory. This lowered
death rate is accompanied by a reduction in the number of"
notifications and on this, comment is expressed later in the report.
There were no deaths associated with childbirth and there was
a slight reduction in deaths from violence, including road
accidents, i.e. from 28 in 195° to 23 in 1951. & of these resulted
from motor vehicle accidents.
The local Death Rate compares with a figure of 12.5 which was
the Death Rate from all causes in the whole of England and Wales.
Table I gives a list of Causes of Death as classified
according to the new International system agreed by the World
Health Organisation and in operation since November, 1949. This
system in operation is proving helpful for the extraction of
statistics, as death certification has now become more easily
divisible into immediate and remote causes.
Death Rate of all infants per 1,000 live births 29.68
Death Rate of all legitimate Infants per 1,000
legitimate live births 29.23
Death Rate of all illegitimate infants per l,000
illegitimate live births 36.36
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea or Gastro-Enteritis
(under 2 years) 1
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 131
Deaths from Tuberculosis (all ages) 25
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