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One young woman was killed when her Invalid chair
swerved in front of a car.
OTHER FATAL ACCIDENTS
Other fatal accidents, totalling 11, showed an even
greater drop than road accidents, being exactly half the
1959 total.
As usual falls accounted for the greatest number,
totalling five deaths all of persons over sixty. They
included a fall downstairs and one out of bed.
The accidental inhalation of domestic gas caused one
death, and the exhaust fumes from the engine of a motor
launch another.
Burns caused the deaths of two pensioners. The
remaining two deaths were caused by falling objects at work,
in one case of a lathe, and in the other collapsing steelwork.
DEATHS FROM CANCER
Of the total number of deaths,292 were from Cancer
(excluding Sarcoma), being 13 more than in the previous year.
Of these, 148 occurred in men and 144 in women. More
than half the Cancer deaths (188) took place in hospitals.