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The number of deaths of illegitimate children was 3, which
gives a death-rate of 100.00 per 1,000 illegitimate infants.
The chief causes of death were Premature Birth (including
Congenital Defects), 25 ; Pneumonia, 10 ; and Enteritis, 8.
II—EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR
Births:— Males Females Total
Legitimate 538 483 1,021
Illegitimate 14 16 30
Birth-rate = 16.48 per 1,000 population.
Deaths 301 331 632
Death-rate = 9.91 per 1,000 population.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth:-
From Sepsis 0
From other causes 0
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births:—
Legitimate, 48.52 ; illegitimate, 2.85 ; total, 51.66.
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 9
Deaths from Diphtheria (all ages) 17
The following table shows the causes of death at all ages during
1925, and Table II. gives an analysis of the causes of death in
infants under one year of age:—