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2
Estimated
Population
Crude
Birth : Death
Rate ' Rate
Infant Death Rate
(To nearest unit)
Legiti- Illegitimate
mate Total
Still
Birth
Rate
1938 145,300
1946 86,280
1947 92,070
1948 94,630
1949 96,810
1950 97,080
1951 97,930
1952 97,970
1953 96,870
1954 95,370
1955 93,820
14.0 12.5
24.3 15.7
26.4 15.6
21.7 12.8
19.5 13.0
18.6 12.2
18.0 13.5
17.6 14.0
17.2 12.4
17.7 11.5
17.4 13.8
57 66 57
45 62 46
38 60 39
38 26 37
26 71 29
17 46 20
19 19 19
28 34 29
30 77 32
21 10 21
24 61 28
32.0
25.6
26.1
17.1
27.1
16.8
23.2
21.4
23.3
27.5
22.1
Legitimate
Male Female Total
Illegitimate
Male Female Total
Totals
Male Female Total
1954
1955
1954
1955
1954
1955
821 770 1,591
789 715 1,504
26 16 42
13 21 34
21 13 34
28 10 38
Live Births
50 53 103
71 59 130
Still Births
3 3 6
1 2 3
Infant deaths
(under 1 year)
1 — 1
5 3 8
871 823 1,694
860 774 1,634
29 19 48
14 23 37
22 13 35
33 13 46
DEATHS
Male and Female Age Groups.
Under 1
1-4
5-14
15-44
45-64
65 and
over
Total
1955
Total
1954
Males
33
3
7
35
164
444
686
603
Females
13
3
2
19
93
484
614
495
46
6
9
54
257
928
1,300
1,098
Infant Mortality.
The total number of deaths of infants under one year of age was
46, the causes of death being as follows :
Measles 2
Other infective and parasitic diseases 1
Pneumonia 3
Nephritis and Nephrosis 1
Congenital malformations 6
Other defined and ill defined diseases 32
Maternal Mortality.
Two maternal deaths were recorded during the year.