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Live Births:-
Males Females Total
Legitimate 461 515 976
Illegitimate 32 20 52
Totals 493 535 1,028
Still-Births:-
Legitimate 6 15 21
Illegitimate 1 2 3
Totals 7 17 24
Total live and still-births 500 552 1,052
Birth rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population-14.26
Birthrate adjusted by Comparability Factor of 1.05=14.97
Still-birth rate per 1,000 (live and still) births-22.81
I am glad to say that the proportion of illegitimate live births
as decreased from 5.4% in 1962 to 5.06% this year.
Though the number of illegitimate births for 1963 is less than
during 1962, the problem of the care of the unmarried mother is one
the greatest importance. The increasing evidence of earlier
physical maturity, without the corresponding development of mental
ability, is an established fact and there is no "cast-iron" method
coping with the situation.
The loosening of family ties and in some cases almost the
olition the 'family unit' has also had a retrograde effect.
Internal Mortality
I am happy to report there is no record of a maternal death in
Loss of Infant Life
It is regrettable that during 1963 both our loss of life from infant
deaths and also from stillbirths increased. This is particularly disappointing
as last year our number of infant deaths was so low comtred
the national average.
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