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Extract from Vital Statistics.
(Comparable figures for 1942 given in brackets).
Live Births—
Total. Males. Female
Legitimate 937 (839) 482 (429) 455 (410)
Illegitimate 57 (60) 31 (32) 26 (28)
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population—17.9 (16.7)
Still Births—
Legitimate 17 (27) 11 (11) 6 (14)
Illegitimate 3 (3) 1 (3) 2 (—)
Deaths—692 (619).
Death rate per 1,000 inhabitants—12.5 (11.5).
Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Registrar General's Short list
England & Wales, Headings 29 and 30).
Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths, live & Still Births.
No. 29. Puerperal Sepsis . 1 (2) .98 (2.1)
No. 30. Other Puerperal Causes 1 (—) .98 (—)
Death rate of Infants under one year of age.
All Infants per 1,000 live births 62.4 (71.2)
(England & Wales 49).
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 births 61.9 (702)
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 births 70
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 47 (112)
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil (1)
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil (Nil)
Deaths from Diphtheria (all ages) 1 (1)
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 17 (22)