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Road Safety.
There were twelve deaths of Woolwich residents during the year due to motor
vehicle accidents. No fatal accidents occurred to a child under five years of age.
Two of the deaths concerned children of school age and five of persons between
the ages of 15 and 25 years. Assistance was given to the Council's Road Safety
Committee by the showing of films on this subject at a number of the film sessions
presented by the Health Department.
Deaths from Cancer.
Of the total number of deaths, 288 were from Cancer, of which 149 occurred
in men and 139 in women. A total of 152 took place in hospital. Since the end
of the last war there has been a noticeable increase in the number of deaths
occurring locally from cancer of the lung and bronchus, and the following table
gives details of this increase and of the increased number of deaths of men from
this disease.

Maternal Deaths.
There was only one maternal death during the year, compared with two the
previous year.
Inquests.
There were 75 inquests held on Woolwich residents during the year, and 423
post-mortems on Woolwich residents were carried out on behalf of the Coroner.
Infant Mortality.
During 1951, 63 deaths occurred in children under one year, giving an infant
death rate of 27.7 per 1,000 live births, compared with 24.4 in 1950 and 28.7 in
1949. The number of deaths occurring in the first month of life was 41.
Marriages.
There were 1,362 marriages in the Borough during 1951, of which 868 took
place in churches. The remaining 494 took place at the Woolwich Register Office.
Of the number of marriages which took place in churches in the Borough, Registrars
of Marriages attended on 125 occasions.
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