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Extract from Vital Statistics.
(Comparable figures for 1943 given in brackets).
Live Births:
TOTAL MALES FEMALES
Legitimate 961 (937) 513 (482) 448 (455)
Illegitimate 66 (57) 32 (31) 34 (26)
Totals 1027 (994) 545 (513) 482 (481)
Birth rate per 1000 of the estimated population 18.8 (17.9).
Still Births:
TOTAL MALES FEMALES
Legitimate 27 (17) 16 (11) 11 (6)
Illegitimate 1 (3) — (1) 1 (2)
Totals 28 (20) 16 (12) 12 (8)
Deaths: 727 (692).
Death rate per 1000 inhabitants 13.3 (12.5).
Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Registrar General's Short List for
England and Wales, Headings 29 and 30).
Rate per 1000 total
Deaths. Live & Still Births.
So. 29. Puerperal Sepsis Nil. (1) - (.98)
So. 30. Other Puerperal Causes Nil. (1) - (.98)
Death rate of Infants under one year of age:
All Infants per 1000 live births 42.8 (62.4)
(England and Wales 46)
Legitimate Infants per 1000 births 41.6 (61.9)
Illegitimate Infants per 1000 births 60.6 (70)
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 117 (47)
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1 (nil)
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil (nil)
Deaths from Diphtheria (all ages) Nil (1)
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 12 (17)