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Death-Rate.—The number of deaths assigned to the Borough
is 1,296, this total being slightly less than in 1932, when there
were 1,326 deaths. The death-rate for the Borough is 10.1 per
thousand of population, compared with the rate of 10.8 recorded
in the previous year. Table I indicates that the death-rate for
the Borough (10.1) is well below the rates for England and Wales
(12.3), the 118 Great Towns (12.2), and London (12.2).
Infant Death-Rate.—The death-rate of infants under one
year of age of 50 per thousand live births is higher than the rate
for 1932, when a rate of 45 per thousand live births was recorded.
Table II shows the infant death-rate for the year under review
to be the highest since 1927, this being due to an increase in the
number of deaths from premature birth of the infant. The
infant death-rate for the Borough still compares very favourably
with those for England and Wales, the 118 Great Towns and for
London, which are respectively 64, 67 and 59.
The causes of infant deaths are indicated in Tables III and
IIIa, which show the total number of deaths to be 82. Premature
birth accounted for no less than 35 of these deaths, while 13 were
due to congenital malformations and six to pneumonia. Table IIIa
shows that 40 of the 82 deaths occurred before the infant was one
week of age, while 52 deaths occurred before the infant was four
weeks of age. This latter figure gives a neo-natal death-rate of
32 per thousand live births.
Maternal Mortality.—Five maternal deaths were recorded
during the year, only one of them being from puerperal sepsis.
The maternal death-rate is 2.91 per thousand total births, compared
with 4.23 for England and Wales.
Still-Births.—The number of still-births assigned to the
Borough was 81, which gives a rate of 47 per thousand of all births.
The incidence of still-births again shows an increase compared
with rates for previous years, which were 40, 27 and 33 for the
years 1932, 1931 and 1930 respectively.