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Maternal Mortality
One woman died as a result of childbirth giving a maternal
mortality rate of 0.21 per 1 000 total births.
Deaths from Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus
The number of deaths from cancer of the lung and bronchus
fell 125 occurring compared with 139 last year. The deaths among
males was four times as great as amongst females, 100 compared
with 25. Although male deaths fell by 16. female deaths increased
by 2, The deaths were split amongst the various ages as follows:
Males
Females
Totals
25-44 years 2 2
45-64 years 48 12 60
65-74 years 37 9 46
75 years and over 13 4 17
Totals 100 25 125
Since 1950, 1,140 deaths from lng cancer have occurred in
the Borough of Lambeth
Over the same period the number of deaths from respiratory
tuberculosis was 446.
The accompanying graph gives the comparison between the
deaths from respiratory tuberculosis and cancer of the lung.