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The distribution of tuberculosis mortality by wards and other
details are given in Section F of this report.
There were no deaths from the common infectious diseases.
Coronary disease of the heart continued to take an increasing toll
of the sufferers from cardiac conditions, 74 deaths being assigned to
this cause as against 69 in the year before.
Violent causes accounted for the death of 15 residents. They were
as follows:
Suicide 6
Road Traffic Accidents 3
Accidents in the Home 3
Accidents at Work 2
Other accidents 1
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 46 persons who died in the district. The
following verdicts were returned:
Accidental Death 21
Suicide 10
Misadventure 8
Natural causes 6
Open Verdict 1
Nine of the total were residents of the district. Seven were due
to road accidents.
INFANT MORTALITY
The deaths of 15 children who died under the age of one year were
registered, of which 11 were males and 4 females. These provide an
infant mortality rate of 18.2 per thousand live births compared with
23.3 in the year before. The comparable rate for England and Wales
was 25.5.
All were deaths of legitimate children.
Eighty per cent. of the deaths occurred in the first month of life.
Congenital malformations, prematurity and diseases peculiar to infancy
accounted for 13 and infections for two.
The ward distribution of infant mortality and the causes of death
are shown in Tables 6 and 7.
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