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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 3.00 for 1945, representing a total
of '3 deaths. In 1944 there was 1 death, with a
corresponding rate of 0.891.
MORTALITY OF "TODDLERS".- Two deaths occurred
amongst children of the age group 1-5 years
during 1945. This represents a death-rate of 0.03
per 1,000 of the population, and 0.25 per cent
of the total deaths for the year at all ages.
In 1944 there were 3 deaths giving a. death-rate
of 0.04 and a percentage of 0.37.
MORTALITY OF PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 65.478
or 61.2% of the total deaths during the year
were persons over the age of 65. Of these, 141
died between the ages of 80 and 90, while a
further 24 were over the latter age, (4 males,
the eldest being 93, and 20 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)). There were 2 deaths in this
category; 1 from scarlet fever and 1 from
infantile diarrhoea.
The ZYMOTIC DEATH-RATE for the year was therefore
0.03 per 1,000 of the population, as compared
with 6 deaths and a rate of 0.09 in 1944.
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