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MATERNAL MORTALITY
I am pleased to report that no maternal death occurred during
1961.
The maternal mortality rate for England and Wales was 0.33
per 1,000 live and still births.
INFANT MORTALITY
During 1961 there were only 13 deaths among children under
one year of age as compared with 20 last year and an average of 17
in the last five years. One of the deaths was in respect of an
illegitimate child.
The resultant infant mortality rate was 11.6 per 1,000 registered
births, compared with an average of 16.1 for the previous five years.
The infant mortality rate for England and Wales was 21.6.
The 10 babies dying in the first month correspond with a neonatal
rate of 8.9 (i.e. deaths in the first month per 1,000 live births)
whereas the average for the past five years was 12.
The 8 babies dying in the first week correspond with an early
neo-natal rate of 7.1.
During the year 11 premature babies were notified as being
bom at home and 40 in institutions. It is pleasing to report that
of the latter only three died, one within the first twenty-four hours
and two within the first month after birth.
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