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Death-Rate. The death-rate for the year is 10.8 per thousand
of the population, and shows an increase on the death-rate of 10.1
recorded in 1931. Table I indicates, however, that the death-rate
for the Borough of 10.8 is well below the rates for England and
Wales (12.0), the 118 Great Towns (11.8) and for London (12.3).
Infant Death-Rate. The death-rate of infants under one
year of age is 45 per thousand live-births this rate being a little
lower than that of 47 recorded for 1931. The infant death-rate
for the Borough compares very favourably with those for England
and Wales, the Great Towns and for London, which are respectively
65, 69 and 66. Table II gives a comparison of the rates occurring
since 1911 and gives a striking indication of the steady reduction
experienced in mortality amongst infants.
The causes of infant deaths are shown in Table III, from which
it will be seen that the total number of deaths was 79. The
greatest number of deaths due to any separate cause was from premature
birth, 24, while 11 deaths were due to congenital malformations.
Table IIIa indicates that 40 of the 79 deaths occurred before the
infant was one week of age, while 48 deaths occurred before the
infant was 4 weeks of age. This latter figure gives a neo-natal
death-rate of 27 per thousand births.
The death-rate of illegitimate infants is 120 per thousand
illegitimate births, compared with the death-rate for legitimate
infants of 41 per thousand legitimate births.
Still-Births.—The number of still-births assigned to the
Borough was 74, which gives a rate of 40 per thousand of all births,
or one still-birth per 25 births. The incidence of still-births shows
an increase over 1930 and 1931 in which the rates were 33 and
27 respectively.