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DEATHS
Allowing for inward and outward transfers, the total number of deaths,
comprising 1,793 males and 1,734 females, was 3,527.
The corrected death rate of 12.5 per 1,000 population is higher than England
and Wales which is 12.1 and the rates for Inner, Outer and Greater London Areas
are 12.4, 11.4 and 11.8 respectively.
Seventy per cent of the total deaths occurred in persons aged 65 and over.
Heart and diseases of the circulatory system accounted for the largest number
of deaths, 1,570 occurring out of a total of 3,527.
Malignant neoplasms of all forms ranked second.
43 people took their own lives, the same number as in 1971, and motor
vehicle accidents account for 35 deaths, a decrease of 9 on the figure for last year.
There were no deaths of mothers as a result of diseases of pregnancy or
childbirth. The maternal mortality rate per 1,000 births for Inner London, Outer
London and Greater London Areas are 0.16, 0.22 and 0.20 respectively.
INFANTILE MORTALITY
Eighty_nine infants died before reaching 1 year of age, 12 less than in 1971.
The infantile mortality rate is 19.0 per 1,000 live births, which is the same as last
year.