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Death Rates of Infants under 1 year of age.
All Infants per 1,000 live births 14.3
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 live legitimate births 13.6
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 live illegitimate births 47.6

POPULATION.
The Registrar General's estimate of the population of the Urban
District mid-year 1954, is 66,380. This figure shows an increase of
1,900 over that for the previous year, and gives a density of 3.2
persons to the acre.
The natural increase of population (measured by excess of births
over deaths), was 531.
Details of population increase during the past five years are shown
below: —
1950 62,420
1951 62,850
1952 63,670
1953 64,480
1954 66,380
BIRTHS.
The Birth Rate for 1954 is 15.8 per 1,000 total population, as
compared with a rate of 14.4 for 1953.
There were 1,047 live births (534 males and 513 females) registered
during the year.
The average rate for the past five years is 14.9 per 1,000
population.
Illegitimate Births.
Twenty-one illegitimate births were registered, of which 11 were
males and 10 females.
The illegitimate birth rate for the year is 0.32 per 1,000 total
population, and 19.5 per 1,000 live and still births.
Stillbirths.
The stillbirth rate for the district is 29.65 per 1,000 live and still
births, and 0,48 per 1,000 total population.
Thirty-two stillbirths were registered in the area during 1954, of
which 17 were males and 15 females.