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(4) females ages 78, 78, 93, 76 fell at home,- one female age 72, one male aged
80 fell in street, two males ages 69 and 70 were found drowned - an open verdict
being given at the inquests one female age 74 died from burns, one male age
74 from hydrochloric acid poisoning and one female age 47 from Carbrital poisoning).
Comparative figures from deaths from violent causes over the last 10 years
are as follows -
1962 1961 I960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953
27 22 32 26 23 23 26 27 27 17
Seven residents died through involvement in road accidents The ages of
these cases were:-
Males 64, 60, 87, 56, 55
Females: 78, 60
Four of these died as a result of accidents within the Borough, three
pedestrians (aged 78, 87 and 56) and a pedal cyclist (aged 55). In all, nine
persons, including residents of other places, died as a result of road accidents
occurring in Brentford and Chiswick 2 motor cyclists, 1 motor car passenger,
1 pedal cyclist and 5 pedestrians None of these were children.
The number who died as a result of road accidents within the Borough in
1961 was 15, so that the 1962 figure is quite an improvement
482 persons were killed, or injured, in road accidents on Brentford and
Chiswick roads during 1962, compared with 534 in 1961, and 512 in 1960,
Birth Rate
During 1962, the number of live births recorded was 1,016, 897 legitimate
and 119 illegitimate. There were 14 still-births, 11 male and 3 female.
The Birth Rate rose again from 17 46 in 1961 to 18 41 in 1962. To make an
approximate allowance for the way in which the sex and age distribution of the
local population differs from that for England and Wales as a whole, the birth
rate is multiplied by a comparability factor supplied by the Registrar-General
This then gives a comparative birth rate of 17,67 compared with 18.0 for England
and Wales as a whole
INFANT MORTALITY
There were 21 deaths of infants under 1 year of age (the same figure as in
1961), giving an infant mortality rate of 20,67 for 1962 The local figure compares
with an infant mortality rate of 21 6 for England and Wales
The graph on page 19 shows the progress of Infant Mortality since the
beginning of the century
The number of premature infants born in 1962 was 63 (78 in 1961) including
10 premature stillbirths Of the 53 premature infants born alive, 5 were born
at home, of whom four were surviving at the end of one month, 48 were born in
hospital, of whom 41 survived to the end of one month.
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