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3 of these died within the Borough. In all 7 persons
(including residents of other places) died as the result of road
accidents occurring in Brentford and Chiswick, one motor cyclist,
two pedal cyclists, three pedestrians and one child tricyclist.
The sites of the incidents varied and no place could be cited as a
danger spot from these particular findings.
The local Death Rate, 10.l6, is lower than the figure of 11.4
which was the Death Rate from all causes in the whole of England
and Wales.
Table I gives a list of Causes of Death as classified according
to the new International system agreed by the World Health
Organisation and in operation since November, 1949.
Death Rate of all infants per 1,000 live births 19.95
Death Rate of all legitimate infants per 1,000
legitimate live births 19.83
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
Deaths from Diarrhoea or Gastro-Enteritis
(under 2 years) Nil
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 119
Deaths from Tuberculosis Tall ages) 9
Birth Rate
The Birth Rate which has been falling since 1946 shows a rise
from 14.21 in 1952 to 14.3 in 1953. This compares with a National
Birth Rate figure of 15.5.
INFANT MORTALITY
During 1953 the number of births recorded was 852: 807
legitimate and 45 illegitimate.
There were 17 deaths of infants under one year of age as
compared with 15 in 1952, giving an infant mortality rate of 19.95
for 1953, a slight rise on the figure for 1952, i.e. 17.61 which
was the lowest ever recorded in the Borough. The local figure
compares with an Infant Mortality Rate of 26.8 for England and Wales.
The graph on page 20 shows the progress of Infant Mortality
since the beginning of the century.
The number of premature infants born in 1953 was 43, including
premature stillbirths. Of the 35 premature infants born alive, 1
was born at home, but did not survive to the end of one month. 34
were born in hospital, of whom 31 survived to the end of one month.
Causes of infant deaths are shown on Table II on page 22.
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