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The number of illegitimate births registered was 16, as
against 20 last year. The illegitimate birth rate was equal to
3.4 per eent. of total births, as compared with 4.4 last year.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered during the year was 279.
This number excludes the deaths which occurred inside but
belonged to other districts, but includes those deaths which
belonged to this district although occurring outside.
Of these deaths, 140 were males and 139 were females.
The Death Rate for the year is equal to 10.2 per thousand
of population, as against 10.8 last year.
The death rates for England and Wales were 12.2 and 12.2
respectively.
The diseases claiming the greatest number of deaths were:
Cancer, with 44; Bronchitis, with 34; and Heart Disease, with
29.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
During the year 24 deaths were registered as occurring
in infants under one year of age (17 legitimate and seven
illegitimate). This gives an infantile mortality rate of 50 per
thousand registered births, as against 57 last year.
The illegitimate infantile mortality rate is equal to 437
per thousand illegitimate births.
The infantile mortality rate in England and Wales was
75, and for 1924 it was 75.
MORTALITY AT DIFFERENT AGES.
Children Between One and Five Years.—During the year
seven deaths were registered as occurring in children between
the ages of one and five. This is equal to an Annual Death
Rate of 0.25 per thousand of population, and constitutes 2.5
per cent. of the total number of deaths.
Persons of 65 Years and Over.—The number of deaths
registered as occurring in persons of 65 years and over was
128. This is equal to an Annual Death Rate of 4.6 per
thousand of population, and constitutes 45.8 per cent, of the
total number of deaths.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
The deaths in 1925 included:—
Scarlet Fever nil
Diphtheria 1
Typhoid Fever 1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 15
Other Tuberculous Diseases 8
Measles 2
Whooping Cough nil
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under
two years) 2
Influenza 7
Pneumonia (all forms) 21
Bronchitis 34
Cancer 44
Puerperal Sepsis nil
Other Diseases and Accidents
of Pregnancy & Parturition 1
Appendicitis 1