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This year the Registrar-General has supplied a Comparability
Factor for adjusting the local death-rates of 1931
and subsequent years. This adjustment takes into consideration
the proportions of the population in regard to sex
and age. The crude death rate does not do this. By multiplying
the crude death rate by this factor we get a figure of
9.91 per thousand which is a truer estimate of the death
rate of this area as compared with the country as a whole.
Deaths from puerperal causes:— Rate per 1,000
total (live and
Deaths. still) births.
Puerperal sepsis 4 6.53
Other puerperal causes Nil 0.00
Total 4 6.53
Death rate of Infants under one year of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births 52
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 50.1
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 133.3
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 3
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 1
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area, and no part of it could formerly be regarded as being
urban in character. Demolition orders have been carried out
where ft has been found in individual cases to be necessary,
and property capable of repair has been made fit for habitation.