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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health
for the year 1959 (continued)
Deaths and death rates of
Infants under One year of age:
Total Male Female
12 6 6
All infants per 1,000 live births 16.6
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 15.9
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 21.7
Deaths of Infants under four
weeks of age:
Total Male Female
9 4 5
Death rate of infants under four weeks of age
per 1,000 live births 12.5
Tuberculosis:
Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 3
Deaths from non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis Nil
Death rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis per 10,000 of
estimated population 0.6