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Death-rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 56
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 54
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 122
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 14
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 8
The Zymotic Disease Death-rate, i.e., the rate per 1,000
population of deaths from the following diseases:—Enteric Fever,
Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria and
Diarrhoea, etc under two years, was 0.27 against 0.50 in 1930.
The Pulmonary Tuberculosis Death-rate was 0.70 per 1,000
population, and the Non-Pulmonary Death-rate was 0.097 per 1,000
population.
The natural increase of population, i.e., excess of births over
deaths was 544.
The Registrar-General's comparative figures for towns in the
'Outer Ring" cannot be given as they have not been issued in time.
The usual comparison of vital statistic rates with those for the
whole country is shown in the following table:—