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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.
Live Births:— Total Male. Female.
Legitimate 1,451 779 672
Illegitimate 60 31 29
Birth-rate—13.82 per 1,000 population.
Still Births:— Total. Male. Female.
Legitimate 38 17 21
Illegitimate 3 1 2
Rate per 1,000 total births—26.54.
Total. Male. Female.
Deaths 1,158 564 594
Death-rate—10.50 per 1,000 population.
No woman died in, or in consequence of, childbirth.
Death-rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 19.19
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 19.98
Deaths from Cancer (all forms) 228
Deaths from Cancer (Lungs and Bronchus) 60
Deaths from Tuberculosis (Respiratory) 7
Deaths from Tuberculosis (Other forms) 2
COMPARABILITY FACTORS
In view of the differing sex and age distribution of local populations,
the General Register Office supplies factors for adjusting
the Birth and Death rates to enable comparisons to be made with
the rates for other areas and the country as a whole. The factors
are—Births 1.00 and Deaths 0.99.