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VITAL STATISTICS.
Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated Civilian population, 22.74.
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 21.35.
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated Civilian population, 11.69.
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 30.25
Legitimate infants, per 1,000 legitimate live births 32.63
Illegitimate infants, per 1,000 illegitimate live births 24.40
Births :
The live births registered during the year numbered 562. This gives a
a live birth rate of 22.74 per 1,000 Civilian Population compared with 27.65 for
1947.
Stillbirths :
The number of stillbirths registered was 12, equal to a rate of 21.35 per
1,000 total births, compared with 16.03 for 1947.
Deaths :
The deaths registered during the year totalled 289, equal to a crude death
rate for the year of 11.69 per 1,000 civilian population, compared with 12.86
for 1947. Deaths among the inmates of an Institution for elderly men numbered 9.
It should be noted that a large proportion of the deaths were of elderly
people, and of the total deaths, 186 or 64.36 % were of persons 65 years of age and
over, compared with 64.3% the previous year.
Those dying at 75 years of age and over accounted for 30.79 % of the total
deaths.
Cancer.
The Cancer death rate per 1,000 civilian population was 2.10 compared
with 1.55 in 1947.
Maternal Mortality.
There was one maternal death during the year, equal to a death rate of
.04 per 1,000 civilian population.