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EXTRACTS PROM VITAL STATISTICS (continued)
Deaths. from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and ohildblrth»
From sepsis Nil.
From other causes 1
Death rate of infants under one year of age:
All infants per 1,OOO live births 53.9
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live
births 42.4
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 285.7
Deaths frorm Cancer (all ages) 144
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 7
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 3
THE BIRTH RATE.
The number of registered live births in 1942 was 891,
Only on one occasion since 1920 has this number been
exceeded. The birth rate is 14.9 per 1,000 of the
estimated population, a marked increase over the rate for
1941 which was 12.42.
There was no increase in the proportion of illegitimate
to legitimate births.
THE DEATH RATE.
In 1942, there were 751 deaths giving a death rate of
12.5 per 1,000 of the estimated population as compared with
a rate of 12.65 in 1941. The number of deaths from
tuberculosis of the lungs (33), one less than in 1941, is
still considerably higher than in pre-war years, while the
deaths, attributable to disease of the kidneys on the other
hand, have shown a progressive decline throughout the war