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Maternal Mortality
No maternal deaths occurred in the Borough during the year.
Neo-Natal Mortality
During the year there were 52 deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age
representing a neo-natal mortality rate of 13.44. In the three former boroughs
last year there were 57 deaths giving a comparable rate of 14.11 per 1,000 live
births.
Peri-Natal Mortality
This term is used to describe the combination of stillbirths and deaths
in the first week of life expressed as a rate per 1,000 total live and still
births. The rate for this year was 25. 47, a record low level,the rate for England
and Wales being 26.9.
Accidental Deaths
Deaths due to accidents numbered 78, motor vehicles being the cause of 33
deaths. Statistics supplied by the Road Safety Officer will be found on
page 79 .
Fatalities resulting from accidents in the home showed a decrease throughout
the country of 2 per cent, the second successive annual reduction. Nevertheless
7,017 persons died from these preventable causes, more than the combined total
of road and industrial deaths due to accidents. The greatest incidence of
deaths is in the elderly.
Non-fatal domestic accidents requiring medical attention are estimated
to number at least 15,000 every week, the greatest incidence occurring among
children under five years.
Morbidity
The number of first claims for sickness benefit are obtained from local
offices of the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance and are included
for information in a monthly bulletin circulated by the Department to all
hospitals and general practitioners in the area. The Ministry's offices are
not coterminous with the Borough boundaries so that these claims do not relate
entirely to borough residents; they cover the E.l, E.2, E.3 and E.14 postal
districts. Similar statistics were not kept by all the three former boroughs
so it is not possible this year to make comparisons with earlier years.
(Monthly figures are to be found on page 82).
Marriages
The number of marriages solemnised in the Borough during the year was 1,633.
15.