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Deaths and Death Rate
A slight rise in the death rate occurred in 1957, the figure for this year
being 10- 87 as compared with 10.85 in 1956. The lowest death rate ever recorded
in the Borough was 10.16 in 1953.

To make an approximate allowance for the way in which the sex and age distribution
of the local population differs from that of England and Wales as a
whole, the crude death rate is multiplied by a comparability factor supplied by
the Registrar-General. This, then gives a comparative death rate of 10.97
compared with 11. 5 the rate for England and Wales as a whole.
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 Cancer
of the lung accounted for nearly half the male deaths, but although slightly
up on last year's figure, did not reach a record height as the same number died
from this cause in 1954