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Males Females Total
Deaths 360 405 765
Rate 10.9 per 1,000 estimated home population
Deaths from disease and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth '
From Sepsis —
Other maternal causes 1
Death Rate of infants under one year of age:
All infants per 1.000 live births 22.2
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 23.2
Illegitimate infants per 1.000 illegitimate live births —
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 149
Deaths from Measles (all ages) —
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) —
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) —
Population
The Registrar-General has estimated the home population to
to be 70,150 which is 140 less than in 1952.
Births
There were 902 registered live births in 1953, as compared
with 953 in the previous year while the birth rate was 12.9 as
compared with 13.6. The rate for England and Wales was 15.5.
Stillbirths
There were 18 stillbirths, and all except two took place in
hospital or nursing home.
The stillbirth rate for the Borough was 0.26 per 1,000 of the
home population, and for England and Wales it was 0.35.
Infantile Mortality
There were twenty deaths of infants under one year of age
giving an infantile mortality rate of 22.2 per 1,000 live births.
The corresponding rate for England and Wales was 26.8.
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