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Births and Birth Rate. (Figures for 1952 are given in brackets.)
The total number of registered births in the district fas notified under the Births and
Deaths Registration Act) was 145 (136). The total number of live births belonging to the
district, whether occurring within or outside the district was 713 (706). The illegitimate
live births were 31 (26). There were 13 stillbirths (11), of these 10 were legitimate and
3 illegitimate.
A slight rise in the birth rate (live and still births) is recorded from 12.94 1952 to
13.22 in 1953. This is the first increase in a rate which has been falling annually since 1946.
To make an approximate allowance for the way in which the sex and age distribution
of the local population differs from that for England and Wales as a whole, the birth rate
is multiplied by a comparability factor supplied by the Registrar-General. This gives a
live birth rate of 12.85 to compare with the corresponding rate for the whole of England
and Wales, which was 15.5.
Infant Mortality
The fall in the infant mortality which was so noteworthy and so gratifying in previous
years has suffered an abrupt check during 1953. 21 infants died during that year, as
Infant Mortality Rate from 1900 to 1953
10