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DEATHS
The total number of deaths belonging to the borough registered
during 1958 was 632, consisting of 329 males and 303 females. The
number for 1957 was 629. The death rate for 1958 was 11.6 per
thousand persons living, compared with 11.5 for 1957.
The incidence of coronary disease as a cause of death has
increased by 17% in the case of males and 35% in the case of females
compared with the previous year's figures. There is a further
increase in the deaths from malignant disease affecting men chiefly.
Although there is a slight fall in the number of deaths from cancer
of the lung this is not significant as it is probably due to the fall in
total deaths.
MARRIAGES
The total number of marriages in the borough in 1958 was 357
being 73 below the number for 1957, and 167 below the average for
the last 10 years.