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compares favourably with the rate of 0.24 for England and Wales
and that of 0.19 for Greater London.
Home accidents were responsible for 10 deaths, a reduction of
44% from the previous year, giving a Borough rate of 0.04 per
1,000 population. Among these were 2 deaths from carbon monoxide
poisoning, 4 from falls, 2 from burns, 1 from poisoning and
1 arising from constriction of neck during attempted resuscitation
of a child of 3 months.
Common Infectious Diseases
There were no deaths registered during the current year from
diseases such as measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough, diphtheria
and diarrhoea which are covered by this classification. However,
the death in hospital of a female child under one year, was recorded
as gastro-enteritis, the organisms implicated being E.Coli and Ps.
pyocyanea septicaemia.