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Birth Rate.
The Birth Rate which has been falling since 1946 again shows
a reduction from 16.19 to 14.82 in 1950. This compares with a
National Birth Rate figure of 15.8.
INFANT MORTALITY
The number of premature infants born in 1950 was 31. Of the
5 were born at home, all survived to the end of one month. 26 we
born in hospital, of whom 20 survived to the end of one month.
There were 851 legitimate births and 43 illegitimate births in
the Borough during 1950 and 20 deaths of infants under one year of
age were recorded.
The INFANT MORTALITY RATE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS in 1950 is,
therefore, 22.37.
The causes of death of the 20 infants under one year of age
together with the actual ages at death are set out in Table II on
page 21.
The infant mortality rate 22.37 shows again a reduction from
the figure of the previous year which was 23.78.
This fall has been continuous for years now and this year's
figure is the lowest yet recorded.
The graph on page 20 shows the decline in infant mortality
from the year 1900 in five year periods.
The local figure compares with the National Infant Mortality
Rate of 29.8 and so is well below the average for England and
Wales.
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