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Death Rate of all infants per 1,000 live births 17.61
Death Rate of all legitimate infants per 1,000
legitimate live births 18.7
Death Rate of all illegitimate infants per 1,000
illegitimate live births Nil
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
Deaths from Diarrhoea or Gastro-Enteritis
(under 2 years) Nil
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 128
Deaths from Tuberculosis (all ages) 15
Birth Rate
The Birth Rate which has been falling since 1946 again shows a
reduction from 14.61 to 14.21 in 1952. This compares with a
National Birth Rate figure of 15.3.
INFANT MORTALITY
During 1952 the number of births recorded was 852: 802
legitimate and 50 illegitimate.
There were 15 deaths of infants under one year of age as
compared with 26 in 1951, giving an infant mortality rate of 17.61
for 1952, the lowest ever recorded in the Borough. The local figure
compares with an Infant Mortality Rate of 27.6 for England and
Wales.
The graph on page 20 shows the progress of Infant Mortality
since the beginning of the century.
The number of premature infants born in 1952 was 48. Of these
2 were born at home, 1 of whom survived to the end of one month. 46
were born in hospital, of whom 41 survived to the end of one month.
Causes of infant deaths are shown on Table II on page 22 .
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