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Deaths of Infants under 1 Year of Age.
Legitimate Males 15, Females 11 = 26
Illegitimate ,, 2, ,, 2=4
Total 30
Death Rate of Infants under 1 Year of Age.
All infants per 1,000 live births 27.25
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 24.66
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 85
Deaths from Special Causes.
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 164
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 0
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 2
Deaths from Diarrhrea (under 2 years of age) 2
Note.—The following arrangements have been adopted by
the Registrar General for the statistical treatment of Non-civilian
Deaths and of Transferable Births and Deaths during the prevailing
war conditions:—
(1) Non-civilian deaths will not be assigned to local administrative
areas, but will be tabulated for the whole of
England and Wales and included as a separate class in
the annual reports issued by this Office.
N.B.—Non-civilians are defined as all males
serving in H.M. Armed Forces. They do not include
women serving in auxiliary corps, nor any members of
A.R.P., auxiliary fire-brigade or other similar auxiliary
or civil defence services.