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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1950 7
Infantile Mortality
The number of deaths under one year was 101, the infantile
mortality rate being 22 per 1,000 births. This compares with a
rate of 26 for each of the two previous years and is the lowest rate
ever recorded.
For the ten years ending 1940 the average infantile mortality
rate was 54, while for the ten years ending 1950 the average rate
was 35.
Maternal Mortality
Three deaths occurred from accidents and diseases of pregnancy
but none from puerperal pyrexia, giving a total of three
deaths after childbirth. This is equivalent to a rate of .64 for 1,000
live and still births, compared with .19 in 1949 and .35 in 1948.