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Deaths and Death Rate
A further slight fall in the death rate occurred in 1956, the figure for
this year being 10.85 as compared with 10 91 in 1955, The lowest death rate
ever recorded in the Borough was 10.16 in 1953. When the totals of deaths are
studied it can be seen that the fall during the last two years has been only in
deaths of males, there being a slight rise in female deaths.

Death Rate of all infants per 1,000 live births 18.20
Death Rate of all legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate
live births 16.97
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea or Gastro-Enteritis (under 2 years) Nil
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 150
Deaths from Tuberculosis (all ages) 6
The local Death Rate, 10.85 is lower than the figure of 11.7 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
International system agreed by the World Health Organisation and in operation
since, November, 1949.
The distribution of cancer deaths in sites and ages is shown below, and it
can be seen from these figures that again, as in 1955, the number of deaths
from lung cancer is slightly lower than in the previous year, and that there is
again an increase in the number of cancer patients dying from intestinal forms
of the disease.

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