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VIOLENCE.
Five deaths, 3 males and 2 females, were recorded from Suicide.
There were 47 deaths from other forms of violence, 25 males and 22
females. Thirty-eight of the deaths were due to War operations.
One death of a Wallington resident, due to a road accident,
occurred outside the Borough. No deaths of Wallington residents
occurred in roads within the Borough.
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
No deaths occurred during the year under review, directly or indirectly
associated with child-birth.
It is again very gratifying to be able to record this fact, which
reflects credit on all persons and institutions associated with the care
of midwifery in the Borough.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The number of! deaths registered during the year in infants undei
one year of age was 12 (9 males and 3 females), all but one toeing in
legitimate children. This gives an infantile mortality rate of 34.88 per
1,000 live births, as compared with 40.30 in 1939 and 55.0 for Sr. gland
and Wales.
This low figure for infantile mortality is a matter for congratulation.
It is much lower than the rate for the country as a whole and.
represents the results of the labours of all services dealing with the
preservation of infant life.
Only 12 deaths of infants under one year were registered out of
a total of 344 live births.
This rate is often taken as an index of the general health and
prosperity of the district as a whole.
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