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VITAL STATISTICS 1942.
Live Births Males Females Total.
Logitimate 622 563 1185
Illegitimate 53 39 92
675 602 1277
Live Birth Rate:- 19,2 per thousand population.
Still Births.
Legitimate 17 21 38
Illegitimate 3 3
20 21 41
Still Birth Rate:- 31.1 per thousand total births.
Deaths. 773 485 1258
Death Rates- 18.9 per thousand population.
Rate per thousand Live and still births.
Materna1 Deaths. Deaths
Prom Puerperal Sepsis 1 0.76
Other Puerperal Causos 2 1.52
Infant Deaths (under one year) Death Rate.
All Infants - per thousand live births 61
Legitimate Infants - per thousand live legitimate births 60
Illegitimate Infants - per thousand live illegitimate
births 76
Doaths from: Measles (all ages) 1
Cancer (all ages) 189
Whooping Cough (all ages) 2
Diarrhoea (under 2 yrs of ago) 21
Classification of Doaths.
The causes of death (773 males and 485 females) were as follows:-
Whooping Cough 2
Diphtheria 2
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system 77
Other Tuberculous diseases 4
Syphilitic diseases 23
Influenza 7
Measles 1
Acute Infective Encephalitis 1
Cancer 189
Diabetes 4
Intra-Cranial Vascular Lesions 84
Heart Disease 341
Other Circulatory Diseases 38
Bronchitis 97
Pneumonia 67
Other respiratory diseases 14
Peptic Ulcer 13
Diarrhoea 21
Appendicitis 4
Other digestive diseases 32
Nephritis 32
P. T. 0.