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BIRTHS
Live births:-
Total
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Males
738
658
80
Females
680
624
56
1,4l8
1,282
136
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population l4.5
(Rate for London; 17.5)
Area Comparability Factor .75
Number of Stillbirths .24
Rate of Stillbirths per 1,000 (live and still) births l6.6
DEATHS
Net deaths (males, 519; females, 635) 1154
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 11.8
(Rate for London: 12.5)
Area Comparability Factor .94
Deaths from maternal causes 2
Deaths of infants under 1 year (males, 12; females, 11) 23
Infants under 1 years Infant Mortality Rates:
All Infants per 1,000 live births 16
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate
live births 15
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 29
Deaths of infants under 4 weeks (males, 9l females, ll) 20
The causes of death, arranged under the headings of the short list
used by the Registrar-General, are set out in the following list.
There has been a slight Increase in the total number of deaths
during the year (1,154 as compared with 1,097 in 1952).