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Infant Mortality.
The deaths of infants under one year of age numbered 75)
giving a rate of 39.08 per thousand live births as compared
with 18.47 last year. The rate for England and Wales is 26.8
and that for London 24.8. There were 39 deaths of infants
under 4 weeks old. representing a rate of 20.32 per thousand
live births. Last year there were 23 neo-natal deaths, and
the rate was 12,13 per thousand live births. The neo-natal
mortality rate for England and Wales is 17.7 per thousand
live births. The main causes of death among infants under
one year of age were prematurity and congenital malformations.
Tables on pa^es 53/54 show deaths from stated causes at
various ages under one year, together with comparative
figures over the last 3 years.
Maternal Mortality.
One maternal death occurred during the year, giving a
rate of 0.51 per 1,000 total births. The death was due to
obstetric shock following spontaneous abortion, which was
confirmed by post mortem examination. The patient left hospital
against advice during treatment for pyelitis and was
readmitted 12 days later with commencing abortion.
Comparative Statistics.
A table showing vital statistics for the Borough from
the year 1901 is given on page 56.
Unemployment.
The Ministry of Labour has kindly supplied me with the
following information as to the estimated number of persons
residing in the Borough registered as unemployed at the end
of the years-
Men Boys Women Girls
1,796 24 169 13 = Total 2,002.
The total number unemployed at the end of 1952 was 2,271.
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