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Live Births: —
Legitimate 2,078
Illegitimate 383
Total 2,461
Rate per 1,000 population: —
Crude 22.9
Adjusted (Comparability Factor 0.86) 19.7
England and Wales 18.2
Illegitimate Live Births per cent, of total live births 15.6
Stillbirths:—
Legitimate 42
Illegitimate 11
Total 53
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 21.1
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths England and Wales 17.3
Total Live and Stillbirths 2,514
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year)
Legitimate 37
Illegitimate 13
Total 50
(deaths under 4 weeks) 35
(deaths under 1 week) 30
Infant Mortality Rates:—
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 20.3
Total infant deaths per 1,000 live births England and Wales 21.0
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 17.8
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births 33.9
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 total
live births) 14.2
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per 1,000
total live births) 12.2
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week
combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 33.1
Maternal Mortality (including abortion):—
Number of deaths —
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths -
A summary of the vital statistics of the district for 1963 and previous years
is given in the following table