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Deaths: The number of deaths recorded in 1961 is 664 compared
with 675 for 1960. This gives a death rate of 10.56 per thousand
of the population compared with 10.53 for 1960.
The number of deaths of infants under one year in 1961 is 15
giving an Infant Mortality Rate of 16.23 compared with a rate of
17.37 for 1960. The causes of death of these infants will be seen
on page ten.
Causes of death: The main causes of death during 1961 were.Heart
and circulatory disease 244
Cancer 128
Vascular lesions of Nervous System 83

With regard to the dangers of tobacco smoking the following
points are now considered relevant.
"Three quarters of the men and half the women in Britain
are now regular smokers and the number of people dying each year
from lung cancer has been increasing very rapidly. Heavy cigarette
smokers have thirty times the death rate of non-smokers.
Once people become addicted to smoking it becomes a drug
habit and difficult to break off. That is why young people should
never start.
Lung cancer is a particularly unpleasant way of dying and
smokers'lung cancer often causes death in the prime of life.
It has been shown that the examples of parents especially of
mothers who smoke may encourage children to do the same".
(from a pamphlet of the Central Council for Health Education).
Housing: The provision of new dwelling houses still remains an
urgent responsibility for the Council. The activity of recent
years by private developers continues but at a slower pace
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