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For figures for the years 1949 - 1959 see the appendix,
page 102.
Cause of death:-
1. Vaginal haemorrhage from concealed revealed
accidental haemorrhage accompanying a fullterm
pregnancy.
Infant Mortality
The 1959 figure rose from the previous low record, being
21.0. Set out in the appendix, page 104 are the usual tables
giving causes and age distribution. The greatest single factor
remains prematurity of which the correction lies mainly with
ante-natal care of the expectant mother.
Among the 80 deaths, 47 occurred in boy babies and 33 in
girls. Of the births, 1,890 were males and 1,915 females. The
infantile mortality rate for the two sexes was, therefore, Boys
25, Girls - 17.
70 deaths of infants occurred in Institutions, including
Registered Nursing Homes.
For details of infant deaths see the appendix, page 103.
CANCER
For detailed tables see the Appendix, page 100.
Deaths tabulated in the Department number 623 as compared
with 562 in 1958; 591 in 1957; 592 in 1956; 549 in 1955; 486 in
1954; 540 in 1953; 567 in 1952; 479 in 1951; 501 in 1949 and 481
in 1949.
Death-rate per 1,000 of the population for the last 10 years
is as follows:-
1950 - 1.99 (501) 1955 - 2.20 (549)
1951 - 1.91 (479) 1956 - 2.37 ( 592)
1952 - 2.26 (567) 1957 - 2.37 (591)
1953 - 2.16 (540) 1958 - 2.25 (562)
1954 - 1.95 ( 486) 1959 - 2.50 ( 623)
The organs most often attacked in descending order of incidence
are:- In the males - the Lungs (41.7 per cent.), the
Bowels and Rectum (11.6 per cent.) and the Stomach (9.8 per
cent.); In females - Bowels and Rectum (19.5 per cent.); the
breast (17.2 per cent.); and the Ovaries (7.7 per cent.).