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Deaths from puerperal causes:-
Rate per 1,000
Deaths. total (live and
still) births.
From puerperal sepsis 3 3.74
From other puerperal causes 1 1.25
Total 4 4.99
Death rate of infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 26.92
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate
live births 24.96
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 105.26
Deaths from measles (all ages) 0
" "whooping cough (all ages) 0
" " diarrhoea (under 2 yrs. of age) 2
POPULATION.
The Registrar General's estimate of the population
at the middle of 1939 was 69,400, an increase of 1,540
over the estimate for 1938. This is taken as the population
of the Borough for the purpose of the calculation
of the Birth-rate, while the figure of 67,770 is given
as the estimate of the civilian population for the
calculation of the Death-rate.
The number of births exceeded the number of deaths
by 87, as compared with an excess of 126 births in 1938.
'The population for past 5 years has been as follows.
1935 62,180
1936 64,000
1937 66,230
1938 67,86 0
1939 69,400
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