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Maternal Deaths.
There were no maternal deaths during the year.
Number of women dying in, or in
consequence of, childbirth:
From Puerperal and Post
Abortive Sepsis Nil.
From other Puerperal causes Nil.
Death rate per 1,000 total (live
and still) births Nil.
Rates over previous years have been:-
1949 0.78 per 1,000 live and stillbirths
1950 0.84 " " " " "
1951 Nil " " " " "
1952 0.93 " " " " "
1953 2.63 " " " " "
1954 Nil " " " " "
1955 0.88 " " " " "
1956 Nil
1957 Nil
1958 Nil " " " " "
Deaths All Causes.
Males Females Total
All causes 421 372 793
Death rate per 1,000 of estimated
home population 8.76
Deaths from Measles (all ages) — — —
Whooping Cough
(all ages) — — —
Diarrhoea (under 2
years of age) — — —
Cancer (all ages) 85 80 165
Death rate per 1,000 for England and Wales, 1959 11.6
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