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3 [1938
EXTRACT OF VITAL STATISTICS.
Total. M. F.
Live Births
Legitimate 4,241 2,231 2,010 Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated
Illegitimate 237 125 112 resident population, 15.32.
Stillbirths128 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births, 27.81.
Deaths 3,478 1,831 1,647 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated
resident population, 11.90.
Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's
Short List)—
Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births.
No. 29. Puerperal sepsis 5 1.08
No. 30. Other puerperal causes 7 1.52
Total 12 2-60
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 65
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 62
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 122
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 509
,, Measles (all ages) 24
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) 14
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 100
POPULATION (ESTIMATED).
The population at mid-year 1938 is estimated at 292,300 persons, a decrease in
the population of 29,495, when compared with the number of inhabitants ascertained
at the census in 1931.
MARRIAGES.
Marriages, 2,860 ; Marriage Rate, 19'57.—There were 5,720 persons married,
or 2,860 marriages in 1938, and the marriage rate, that is to say, the number of
persons married per 1,000 of the population, was 19.57. Compared with the previous
year these figures show a decrease of 254 in the number of persons married, or of 127
marriages, and of 0 65 per 1,000 in the rate.