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Deaths from puerperal causes:—
Puerperal Sepsis Deaths Nil
Other Puerperal Causes Nil
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 24.1
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 23.6
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 34.4
Deaths from measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from diarrhoea (under two years of age) Nil
Pulmonary tuberculosis death rate 0.10
Non-Pulmonary tuberculosis death rate 0.008
The natural increase of population, i.e., excess of births over
deaths was one.
Deaths.—The Registrar-General's classification of causes of
death by sex totals is given.
The total number of deaths in 1957 (1,324) compares with
1,195 in 1956, the respective death rates being 11.4 and 10.2 per
1,000 population.
The comparability factors for Walthamstow are given by the
Registrar-General as follows :—
Comparability factor for births 1.00
Comparability factor for deaths 1.07
The above factors, when applied to the crude rates, produce
the following adjusted rates :—
Live births 11.4
Deaths 12.1