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SECTIONA.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS ETC.
Birth and Deaths*
Live Births. Total Male Female
(a) Legitimate 692 356 336
(b) Illegitimate 58 26 12
Still Births. 25 9 16
Deaths (all causes) 813 418 395
Deaths from puerperal causes NILL
Death, rate of infants under 1 year of ago.
All infanta per 1,000 1ive births = 59
Legitimate infants per 1,000 live births = 6l
Illegitimate infanta per 1,000
illegitimate live 'births = 28
Deaths from Cancer ( all ages) = 112
Deaths from Measles ( all ages) = NIL
Deaths from Whooping Cough NIL
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) = 3
Total deaths from the sevpn principals
Zymotic diseases = 3
INFANTILE MORTALITY
The total number of deaths of infants under one year of aga was
43, Of this number, 1 was an illegitimate child. This gives an
Infantile Mortality Rate of 59 per 1,000 live births. Analysing
this figure, one finds that the infantile Mortality Rate among
legitimate children was 6l, while that' among illegitimate infants
was 28.
Of the 43 infanta deaths, 30 occurred outside the area and 23
were neo-natal, i.e., occurring during the first four weeks of life.
The rise in this rate appears to be due to a largo increase in
Premature Births which may possibly be ascribed to' Air Raids.
The Infantile Mortality Rates in the Borough for the past ten
years is as under:-
Year
Infantile
Mortality Rate
Year
Infantile
Mortality Rate.
1931
49
1936
49
1932
49
1937
52
1933
46
1938
42
1934
61
1939
41
1935
41
1940
59