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Mortality. The principal causes of death were diseases of the
heart and circulation (52 per cent.) and cancer (22 per cent.).
Deaths from cancer of the lung increased from thirty one to thirty
eight. Deaths from coronary diseases decreased from one hundred
and forty eight to one hundred and thirty. Deaths from accidents
rose from twenty to twenty four, of which ten were due to motor
vehicles.
The results of epidemiological and statistical studies can
be applied to the prevention of diseases and reduction of mortality.
It is known that there is statistical correlation between smoking
and cancer of the lung. There is evidence that the incidence of
cancer of the lung is increasing. The significance of these
findings should be recognised. A survey on the deaths of British
doctors has shown that the death rate from cancer of the lung
rose in proportion to the amount smoked and that the mortality
rate from lung cancer was lower amongst those giving up smoking
and diminished progressively with the increase in time during
which smoking had been given up.

Maternal Mortality. There was no maternal death.
Infantile Mortality. There were twenty six deaths of Infants
under one year in 1957, compared with fifteen deaths in 1956.
The Increase was due mainly to prematurity and congenital defect.
The Infantile mortality rate was 26.8 per thousand live births,
compared with 23.0 per thousand live births for England and Wales.