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Details of causes of death at various ages under 1 year will be found in the Appendix
on page 52.
MATERNAL MORTALITY
There were no maternal deaths this year.
NEO-NATAL MORTALITY
During the year there were 30 deaths of infants under 4 weeks representing aneo-natal
mortality rate of 15.15, the rate for England and Wales being 12.0. Last year there were
41 deaths giving a rate of 18.35 per 1,000 live births.
PERI-NATAL MORTALITY
This term is used to describe the combination of still births 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 26.86 the rate for England and Wales being 22.0.
ACCIDENTAL DEATHS
Deaths due to accidents numbered 59 (compared with 58 last year) motor vehicles being
the cause of 15 deaths. Statistics supplied by the Road Safety Officer will be found on
page 52.
EXPECTATION OF LIFE
The expectation of life at birth, based on the estimated home population and mortality
experience over the three years 1968 to 1970, is 68.6 years for a boy and 74.9 for a girl.
This is an increase of 0.6 years for males and 1.2 years for females over the figures
based on mortality during the years 1957 to 1959. The figures also show that at age 65 a
man has a life expectancy of 11.9 years and a woman of 15.8 years. Sixty years ago the
expectation of life of a boy at birth was 48.5 years and of a girl 52.4 years.
MORBIDITY
The number of first claims for sickness benefit are obtained from local offices of
the Departments of Health and Social Security and are included for information in a
weekly bulletin circulated by the department to all hospitals and general practitioners
in the area. The Department's offices are not coterminous with the borough boundaries but
rather with postal districts, so that these claims do not relate entirely to borough
residents, they cover the E.1., E.2., E.3., and E. 14 postal districts (monthly figures
are to be found on page 56.
MARRI AGES
The number of marriages solemnised in the borough during the year was 1,364, or 42
more than last year, made up as follows:-
Register Office 668
Church of Sngland 470
Authorised persons and
other denominations 226
The marriage rate per 1,000 population was 17.1 compared with 16.0 last year,
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