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Deaths and Death Rate
There was a fall in the death rate, the figure of 10.53 comparing with one
of 11.22 for the previous year. The lowest death rate ever recorded in the
Borough was 10.16 in 1953.
To make an approximate allowance for the way in which the sex and age distribution
of the local population differs from that of England and Wales as a
whole, the crude death rate is multiplied by a comparability factor supplied by
the Registrar-General. In 1959, this factor is 1.0 and so the corrected death
rate is the same as the crude death rate i.e. 10.53.
The corrected rate for Middlesex County was 11.4, and the rate for England
and Wales was 11.6, so the figure for Brentford and Chiswick was well below both
the County and the National rates.
Death Rate of all infants per 1,000 live births 27.09
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea or Gastro-Enteritis (under 2 years) Nil
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 121
Deaths from Tuberculosis (all ages) 2
Table I gives a list of Causes of Death as classified according to the
International system agreed by the World Health Organisation and in operation
since November, 1949.

It will be seen that the three principal causes of death all show reduced
figures in 1959. Although the total reduction in the number of deaths from
Cancer was not great, the distribution of these deaths was interesting as there
was a reduction of 16 male deaths but an increase of 10 female deaths. Deaths
from lung cancer (male and female) have been falling, these totalled 34 (30 male
4 female) in 1957, 33 (29 male 4 female) in 1958, and 26 (25 male 1 female) in
1959. As the increase in this disease has been causing much concern nationally,
it is interesting to note the improvement in the local figures.

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