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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS.
(Registrar-General's Figures.)
Total M. F.
Live
Births
^Legitimate 2,060 1,098 962
illegitimate 50 23 27
Birth Rate 15.0 per
1,000 of the estimated
resident population.
Totals 2,110 1,121 989
Still Births 64 30 34
Rate per 1,000
total (live and still)
births 29.4.
Total M. F.
Deaths 1,747 932 815
Crude Death Rate
12.5 per 1,000 estimated
resident population.
Adjusted
Death Rate 13.8.
Deaths from Puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the RegistrarGeneral
's Short List):—
Deaths.
Rate per 1,000
total (live and
still) births.
No.29 Puerperal sepsis
1
0.46
No. 30 Other puerperal causes
3
1.38
Total
4
1.84
(A list of deaths from puerperal causes or otherwise associated with
pregnancy, etc., is given on page 124.)
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants, per 1,000 live births 72
Legitimate infants, per 1,000 legitimate live births 69
Illegitimate infants, per 1,000 illegitimate live births 220
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 212
„ Measles (all ages) 49
,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 16
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)* 35