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One fatality involved a youth who cycled into a stationary
bus. There were eight deaths of pedestrians struck by motor
vehicles, seven of whom were over 65. The vehicles concerned were
five cars, one van, one goods lorry and one ambulance.
Accidents involving motor cyclists resulted in three deaths of
cyclists, all aged 21, and also a pillion passenger, aged 19. A
pedal cyclist of 29 was fatally injured in a collision with a heavy
lorry.
OTHER ACCIDENTS
Deaths due to other accidents totalled 16, including seven
persons over the age of 65 years, most of them being due to falls at
home. A boy of nine died after a fall, and four women and two men,
all over 65 died as a result of falls at home, one downstairs and
one out of bed. One woman of 69 died from an accidental overdose
of aspirin. There were two accidental deaths from drowning.
MARRIAGES
There were 1,165 marriages in the Borough during 1957, of which
776 took place in Churches; the remaining 389 took place at the
Woolwich Register Office. Of the number of marriages which took
place in Churches in the Borough, Registrars of Marriage attended
on 100 occasions.

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