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Deaths
Total 283
Male 161
Female 122.
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated home population—
5.87 (1953 7.49).
Comparability Factor 1.48.
Adjusted Death Rate 8.68.
Maternal Mortality
(Heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List)
Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still) births
No. 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth
Abortion 1 1.29 (1953 2.54)
INFANT MORTALITY
Death rates of Infants under one year of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births (13) 17.10 (1953 24.57)
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate
live births (13) 17.68 (1953 25.78)
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate
live births (0) 1953 — )
Death rates of infants under four weeks of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births (10) 13.15 (1953 18.11)
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate
live births (10) 13.60 (1953 18.99)
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate
live births (0) 1953 — )
Rate per 1,000
live births
Deaths from Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea.
infants under two years (0) 1953 2.58)
Birth and Death Rates for England and Wales, 1954:—
Birth rate 15.2
Still Birth rate (per 1,000 live and still births) 24.0
Death rate 11.3
Deaths under one year of age 25.5
Deaths from enteritis and diarrhoea (under two
years of age) 0.8
Maternal Mortality—England and Wales, 1954:—
Maternal causes, excluding abortion 0.58
Due to abortion 0.11
Total maternal mortality 0.69