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MATERNAL MORTALITY - The maternal mortality rate
i.e. the number of mothers dying as the result of
childbirth per 1,000 total (live and still) births
was 1.79 for 1943, representing a total of 2 deaths.
In 1942 there was 1 death, with a corresponding rate
of 1.05
MORTALITY OF "TODDLERS" - Pour deaths occurred amongst
children of the age group 1-5 years during 1943. This
represents a death-rate of 0.09 per 1,000 of the
population, and 0.49 per cent of the total deaths for
the year at all ages. In 1942 there were six deaths
giving a death-rate of 0.09 and a percentage of 0.85.
MORTALITY OP PERSONS OVER THE AGE OP 65 - 4S7 or
58.23% of the total deaths during the year were of
persons over the age of 65. Of these, 144 died at
ages between 80 and 90 years, while a further 24 were
over that age, (7 males, the eldest being 92 and 17
females, the eldest being 100).
ZYMOTIC MORTALITY (including deaths from the seven
principal zymotic diseases, viz: smallpox, scarlet
fever, diphtheria, typhoid fever, measles, whooping
cough and diarrhoea (in children under 2 years of age)).
There were 3 deaths in this category; 1 from diphtheria,
1 from measles and 1 from infantile diarrhoea.
The zymotic death-rate for the year was,
therefore, 0.04 per 1,000 of the population, as
compared with 5 deaths and a'rate of 0.07 in 1942.
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