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VITAL STATISTICS.
Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated Civilian population, 27.65.
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 16.03.
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated Civilian population, 12.86.
Deaths from Puerperal Causes:—Rate per 1,000 total (live and still births): Nil.
Death Rate of Infants under One Year of Age:—
All infants, per 1,000 live births 32.59
Legitimate infants, per 1,000 legitimate live births 32.76
Illegitimate infants, per 1,000 illegitimate live births 29.41
Births.
The live births registered during the year numbered 675. This gives a live
birth rate of 27.65 per 1,000 Civilian Population, compared with 25.80 for 1946.
Stillbirths.
The number of stillbirths registered was 11, equal to a rate of 16.03 per 1,000
total births, compared with 32.62 for 1946, a very satisfactory decrease.
Deaths.
The deaths registered during the year totalled 314, equal to a crude death
rate for the year of 12.86 per 1,000 civilian population, compared with 13.01 for
1946. Deaths among the inmates of an Institution for elderly men numbered 22.
It should be noted that a large proportion of the deaths were of elderly
people and of the total deaths, 202 or 64.3 % were of persons 65 years of age and
over, compared with 68.8% the previous year.
Those dying at 75 years of age and over accounted for 38.2% of the total
deaths.
Cancer.
The Cancer death rate per 1,000 civilian population was 1.55 compared
with 2.22 in 1946.
Maternal Mortality.
There were no maternal deaths during the year, compared with one death
in 1946. It is pleasing to record that in the past three years, only one maternal
death occurred in connection with 1,738 births.
Infantile Mortality.
The number of deaths under one year of age was 22, corresponding to a rate
of 32.59 per 1,000 births, compared with a rate of 32.04 for 1946, which was the
lowest rate recorded in Penge. Of the 22 deaths, 9 died before reaching the age
of one week from unavoidable causes.