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Males Females Total
Stillbirths 5 9 14
Rate 15.3 per 1,000 (live and stillbirths).
Males Females Total
Deaths 392 433 825
Rate 11.9 per 1,000 estimated population.
Death from disease and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth :
From Sepsis 1
Other maternal causes
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 153
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 be
69,080 which is 300 less than in 1957.
Births
There were 902 registered live births in 1958 as compared with
925 in the previous year while the birth rate was 13.1 as compared
with 13.3. The rate for England and Wales was 16.4.
Stillbirths
There were 14 stillbirths and all took place in hospital or nursing
home.
The stillbirth rate for the Borough was 0.20 per 1,000 of the
home population, and for England and Wales it was 0.37.
Infantile Mortality
There were eighteen deaths of infants under one year of age
giving an infantile mortality rate of 20.0 per 1,000 live births. The
corresponding rate for England and Wales was 22.5.
Maternal Mortality
There was one maternal death in 1958.
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