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Pour residents died through involvement in road accidents The ages of
these cases were
Maltas 83, 59. 16
Femalea s 70
None of these died as a result of accidents within the Borough
The number of road accidents occurring within the Borough was 491, and
the resultant number of casualties was 619 including 59 children Six persons
were killed, five adults and one child Details are as follows.
Female aged 15 Motor car passenger - in car out of control
Male aged 18 Motor scooter rider
Female aged 75 Minibus passenger
Male ) aged 20 ) Motor car passengers in car out of control on roundabout
Male ) aged 20 )
Male aged 7½ Pedestrian = ran into road and collided with rear of
vehicle
The figure of 619 casualties is greater than in previous years: the figure
was 578 in 1963., 482 in 1962, and 534 in 1961 Deaths in the corresponding
years were 4 in 1963, 9 in 1962 and 15 in 1961
Birth Rate
During 1964 the number of live births recorded was 1,035 994 legitimate
and 41 illegitimate There were 12 still-births, 6 male and 6 female
Usually the figure for births is sent by the Registrar-General and his
figures are for dates of registration which may not be immediately after the
birth of the child, and so at the ends of years there can be an overlap which
is balanced during the year to follow. In 1964, however the figures have to
be taken by dates of birth on the notifications sent The variation is not
likely to be great enough to affect the calculated birth rate viz 18 8 7 , compared
with 18 92 in 1963
INFANT MORTALITY
There were 12 deaths of infants under 1 year of age (14' in 1963), giving
an infant mortality rate of 11 59 for 1964: This figure has been greatly reduced
in the last two years, and the rate is the second lowest ever recorded
in the Borough the lowest being 11,12 in 1960
The graph on page 22 shows the progress of Infant Mortality since the beginning
of the century
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