Table: COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS 1940 TO 1951.
COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS 1940 TO 1951.
| 1951 | 1950 | 1949 | 1948 | 1947 | 1946 | 1945 | 1944 | 1943 | 1942 | 1941 | 1940 |
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Population | 235,800 | 238,200 | 239,580 | 238,200 | 236,840 | 227,160 | 195,770 | 188,560 | 189,970 | 186,000 | 183,470 | 224,110 |
L.ive Births—(total) | 3,880 | 4,091 | 4,389 | 4,608 | 5,577 | 5,284 | 3,708 | 3,826 | 3,592 | 3,368 | 2,986 | 3,850 |
(illegitimate) | 285 | 302 | 318 | 331 | 431 | 442 | 438 | 335 | 264 | 251 | 214 | 272 |
Birth Rate per 1,000 population | 16.45 | 17.17 | 18.32 | 19.34 | 23.55 | 23.26 | 18.94 | 20,29 | 18.91 | 18.10 | 16.27 | 17.18 |
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 births | 20.94 | 17.48 | 19.87 | 18.94 | 18.99 | 22.20 | 22.41 | 25.72 | 24.97 | 33.29 | 26.72 | 32 17 |
Deaths | 3,131 | 2,760 | 2,958 | 2,682 | 3,053 | 2,947 | 2,856 | 3,057 | 3,017 | 2,852 | 3,508 | 4,143 |
Death rate | 13.28 | 11.59 | 12.35 | 11.26 | 12.89 | 12.97 | 14.59 | 16.21 | 15.88 | 15.33 | 19.12 | 18.48 |
Maternal Death rate per 1,000 births | 0.50 | 0.72 | 0.67 | 0.85 | 0.70 | 1.48 | 0.26 | 2.03 | 2.71 | 2.29 | 3.02 | 1 59 |
Death rate of infants under 1 year | 28 | 29 | 27 | 35 | 32 | 39 | 46 | 48 | 46 | 54 | 59 | 47 |
Marriage rate per 1,000 population | 19.17 | 18.37 | 18.61 | 19.67 | 19.54 | 20.21 | 25.00 | 18.36 | 18.59 | 25.30 | 28.07 | 32.92 |
T.B. Notifications per 1,000 population (all forms) | 1.77 | 2.05 | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.43 | 2.18 | 2.81 | 3.14 | 3.04 | 2.30 | 3.00 | 2.10 |
Death-rates per 1,000 population | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Pulmonary T.B | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.52 | 0.66 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.80 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 1.20 | 0.84 |
Diphtheria | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.008 | Nil | 0.004 | Nil | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
Suicides | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0. J 7 |
Road Traffic Accidents | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
Other violent causes | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.43 | 0.37 | 0.45 | 1.05 | 1.84 | 0.38 | 1.45 | 1.74 | 2.38 |