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VITAL STATISTICS.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR
THE YEAR.
BIRTHS.
Males Females TOTAL Birth Rate
Legitimate 712 685|
Illegitimate 19 22 1,438 14.4
DEATHS.
Males Females TOTAL Death Rate
548 479 1,027 10.3
When corrected by the Comparability Factor of
the Registrar-General (1.13), the Death Rate becomes
11.6.
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of,
childbirth :—
Rate per 1,000
total (live and still)
births.
From Sepsis 1 .7
From other puerperal causes 1 .7
INFANT MORTALITY.
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000
births :—
Legitimate 49) 51
Illegitimate 122}
Deaths from Measles (all ages) nil
Whooping Cough (all ages) 4
Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 16