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Deaths Total Male Female
309 156 153
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—
7.96 (1945 8.94)
Deaths from Puerperal causes—
(Headings 29 and 30 of1 the Registrar-General's Short List)
(Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths ' (live and still) births
No. 29 Puerperal and
Abortion Sepsis — — (1945 — )
No. 30 Other Maternal causes 1 1.25 (1945 — )
Total 1 1.25 (1945 — )
Death rates of Infants under one year of age
All infants per 1,000 live births (26) 33.12 (1945 55.23)
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate
live births (24) 32.12 (1945 55.98)
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate
live births (2) 52.63 (1945 44.44)
Total Rate per 1,000 of
estimated population
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 47 1.21 (1945 1.71)
Deaths from Measles (all ages) — — (1945 .028)
Deaths from Whooping Cough
(all ages) 1 0.02 (1945 — )
Rate per 1.000
live births
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under
two years) 2 2.54 (1945 8.71)
Birth and Death rates for England and \Vales, 1946—
Birth rate 19.1
Still Birth Rate 0.53
Death rate 11.5
Deaths under one year of age 43.0
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis
(under two years of age) 4.4
Maternal Mortality—England and Wales, 1946—
Abortion with Sepsis 0.13
Abortion without Sepsis 0.06
Puerperal Infections 0.18
Other 1.06