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Death Rate of all infants per 1,000 live births ... 26.15
Death Rate of all legitimate infants per 1,000
legitimate live births 27.95
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea or Gastro-Enteritis
(under 2 years) Nil
Deaths from Cancer and Leukaemia (all ages) 162
Deaths from Tuberculosis (all ages) 4
Birth Rate
The Birth Rate which had been falling since 1946 showed a rise from 14.21
in 1952 to 14.3 in 1953 but has now fallen to 13,57 in 1954. This compares with
a National Birth Rate figure of 15. 2.
INFANT MORTALITY
During 1954 the number of births recorded was 803: 755 legitimate and 48
illegitimate.
There were 21 deaths of infants under one year of age as compared with 17
in 1953, giving an infant mortality rate of 26,15 for 1954. an increase on the
figure for 1953. i.e. 19.95. The local figure compares with an Infant Mortality
Rate of 25.5 for England and Wales.
The graph on page 21 shows the progress of Infant Mortality since the
beginning of the century.
The number of premature infants born in 1954 was 49, including premature
stillbirths. Of the 44 premature infants born alive, 1 was born at home and
survived to the end of one month 43 were born in hospital, of whom 35 survived
to the end of one month.
The percentage of premature infants to total births (live and still) is 6.0.
This figure has been rising gradually as can be seen by the following figures:-
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
3.3 4 5 5.6 4.9 6.0
Causes of infants deaths are shown in Table II on page 23.
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