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Deaths and Death Rate
The Death Rate decreased in 1952 to 11.27 from 12.49 in 195l.
The principal causes of death were:-
1252 1951
Circulatory Disease 217 195
Heart Disease 113 155
Cancer 128 131
It will be noted that there is a considerable fall in the
numbers dying from heart disease, in fact, this combined with the
fall in the total number of deaths from respiratory diseases accounts
for the whole of the reduction in the death rate. It is interesting
that the respiratory disease death rate should have fallen in this
year when the severe fog occurring in early December had such great
effect on the death rate in the County of London. But the actual
number of deaths from respiratory disease other than tuberculosis
during December was 20 as compared with 4 in December, 1951, which
suggests that the fog did in fact increase the mortality rate from
these diseases in the Borough.

There were no deaths from Diphtheria, but one from Whooping
Cough and one from Poliomyelitis are of particular note.
There was one death (abortion) associated with childbirth.
A slight reduction occurred in deaths from violence, including
road accidents, i.e. from 23 in 1951 to 21 in 1952, (5 which
resulted from motor vehicle accidents). The corresponding figure for
1950 was 28.
The local Death Rate compares with a figure of 11.3 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.
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