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Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 119
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) -
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 1
POPULATION
The Registrar-General estimated that the population
on the 30th June, 1945 was 61,370, an increase of 1,640
over 1944 hut 3,770 less than in 1938. Men and women
in the Services are not included in the estimate.
THE BIRTH RATE
The number of registered live births in 1945 was
987, fifty less than in 1944. The birth rate was 16.08
per 1,000 of the estimated population and is almost
exactly the same as the birth rate for England and Wales
which was 16.1.
There were 68 illegitimate births, which is 13 more
than in 1944.
The natural increase in the population, or excess of
live births over deaths, was 262.
STILLBIRTHS
There were only 14 stillbirths in 1945 as compared
with 33 in 1944.
The stillbirth rate was 13.98 per 1,000 total births,
which is a very low figure.