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Deaths from Respiratory Tuberculosis increased by 3 27
occurring from this form of disease compared with 24 in 1958. The
number of deaths from other forms of Tuberculosis was 2, the same
as for last year.
Pneumonia. Influenza and Bronchitis caused 401 deaths, an
increase of 46 on the 1958 figure. This is due to an increase of
34 in the number of deaths from Influenza and 20 from Pneumonia.
There was a reduction of 8 in the number of deaths from Bronchitis.
Motor vehicle accidents accounted for the lives of 29 Lambeth
residents, 19 males and 10 females, compared with 25 last year.
Six more men but 2 fewer women died from this cause than in 1958.
In addition to the increase in the number of deaths from
motor vehicle accidents 49 persons died from other forms of acc
idents, an increase of 12 over the figure for 1958. In this
connection, one wonders how many of these lives might have been
saved if due care had been taken.
The number of people taking their own lives decreased from
35 in 1958 to 30 during the year under review.
Three deaths occurred as a result of homicide.
Infantile Mortality
Although more infants died before reaching one year of age,
116 compared with 111 in 1958, the increase in the number of live
births produced a slightly reduced infantile mortality rate of
24.76 per thousand live births, compared with 24.98 last year.
Of the 116 deaths, 90 were of legitimate infants, a reduction of
7 on the 1958 figure and 26 of illegitimate, an increase of 12.
The infantile mortality rate for the Borough is higher than
that for England and Wales which at 22.0 per 1,000 live births
was less than in 1958.
Ninety-one of the infants died before reaching the, age of 4
weeks giving a neo-natal mortality rate of 19.4 per 1,000 live
births compared with 15.8 for England and Wales and 16.5 for the
County of London.