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85
Included in the above are 364 births which were notified as
having occurred outside the Borough.
Also included are 48 stillbirths, 9 of which belonged to other
areas. Of the total, 9 occurred outside the Borough.
NEO-NATAL MORTALITY
The neo'natal mortality is the number of infants dying under
one month per 1,000 live births. During 1953, 27 infants died in
the first four weeks of life, a rate of 18.6.
INFANT MORTALITY
The deaths of infants under one year were:—
Males. Females. Totals.
Legitimate 25 15 40
Illegitimate — 1 1
Totals 25 16 41
The death rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000
live births when calculated on the totals given by the Registrar-
General are therefore:—
Legitimate, 27.5; Illegitimate, 0.7; Total 28.2.
The Infant Mortality Rates for other areas during 1953 were
as follows:
England and Wales 26.8
160 County Boroughs and Great Towns
(including London) 30.8
160 Smaller Towns (25,000—50,000
population) 24.3
London Administrative County 24.8
Of the 41 deaths of children under one year of age, 5 took
place at home. In three of these, broncho-pneumonia was the
primary cause of death, the children varying in age from 3 to 10
months.
Home care was adequate in two cases, but in the third, the