Table: TABLE I.SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1954.
TABLE I.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1954.
| Population (mid-year 1954, per Registrar General) | 85,830 |
| Birth Rate | 15.3 |
| Death Rate | 7.9 |
| Maternal Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births) | Nil |
| Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births) | 18.2 |
| Number of live Births | 1,317 |
| Number of Stillbirths | 30 |
| Number of Deaths | 678 |
| Number of Maternal Deaths | Nil |
| Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year) | 24 |
| Death Rate of Respiratory Diseases (including Influenza but not Tuberculosis | 0.84 |
| Death Rate of Tuberculosis | 0.16 |
| Death Rate of Cancer (all forms) | 1.74 |
| Death Rate of Zymotic Diseases | 0.02 |
| Notification of Infectious Diseases: — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 96 |
| Diphtheria | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis (paralytic) | Nil |
| (non-paralytic) | Nil |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 62 |
| Tuberculosis (new cases) | 85 |
| Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases | 2 |
| Number of Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | Nil |
| Number of Visits by Sanitary Inspectors | 10,500 |
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