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STILLBIRTHS:- Twenty-six stillbirths, (1 illegitimate)
were accredited to the district for 1944. This is equal
to a death-rate of 23.17 per 1,000 (live and still)
births, the corresponding figures for 1945 being 26
stillbirths, with a rate of 23.34.
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 0.891 for
1944, representing a total of 1 death. In 1943 there
were 2 deaths, with a corresponding rate of 1.79.
MORTALITY OP "TODDLERS";- Three deaths occurred amongst
children of the age group 1-5 years during 1944. This
represents a death-rate of 0.04 per 1,000 of the
population, and 0.37 per cent of the total deaths for
the year at all ages. In 1943 there were 4 deaths
giving a death-rate of 0.09 and a percentage of 0.49.
MORTALITY OP PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 65.- 469 or 58.41%
of the total deaths during the year were of persons over
the age of 65. Of these, 122 died at ages between 80
and 90 years, while a further 24 were over that age,
(7 males, the eldest being 99 and 17 females, the eldest
being 96).
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)J.- There
were 6 deaths in this category; 1 from measles, 2 from
whooping cough and 3 from infantile diarrhoea.
The zymotic death-rate for the year was,
therefore, 0.09 per 1,000 of the population, as
compared with 3 deaths and a rate of 0.04 in 1943.
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