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sensationally as the death rate of infants during the latter eleven
months of their first year. Meantime, every infant death continues
to be very carefully scrutinised in an effort to discover any factor
or factors which might have contributed to the tragic fatality.
Still Births.
11 still-births, all legitimate, were accredited to the Borough
for 1958. This is equal to a death rate of 13.41 (live and still
births), the corresponding figures for 1957 being 12 stillbirths
with a rate of 14.81.
As with infant mortality, a great deal of work is being carried
on throughout the country, in an endeavour to itemise the various
causes which lead to still-birth, and to remove, or at least minimise
the impact of those factors. Although many still-births, under
present circumstances cannot be prevented, we are none the less
certain that the still-birth rate can, and should be, materially
reduced.
Maternal Mortality.
There were no maternal deaths reported during 1958. Only
one maternal death has been recorded in Southgate since 1949,
since which time 8,176 births have been accredited to the Borough.
Mortality of Persons over the Age of 65.
Seven hundred and five deaths, or 66.25 of the total deaths
during the year occurred in persons over the age of 65 years. Of
these, 191 died between the ages of 80 and 90, while a further 31
females and 4 males were over the latter age, the oldest being 99.
Following the trend of recent years, diseases of the heart and
circulation were responsible for more deaths in this age group
than any other cause.
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