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Death Rate of all infants per 1,000 live births 12.69
Death Rate of all legitimate infants per 1,000
legitimate live births 13.74
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 (all ages) 136
Deaths from Tuberculosis (all ages) 7
The local Death Rate, 10.91, is lower that the figure of 11.7, which was
the Death Rate from all causes in the whole of England and Wales.
Table I gives a list of Causes of Death as classified according to the
International system agreed by the World Health Organisation and in operation
since November, 1949.
Birth Rate
The Birth Rate showed a slight fall from 13 57 in 1954 to 13.41 in 1955
This compares with a National Birth Rate figure of 15,0.
INFANT MORTALITY
During 1955, the number of births recorded was 788: 728 legitimate and 60
illegitimate.
There were 10 deaths of infants under 1 year of age, as compared with 21
in 1954, giving an infant mortality rate of 12 69 for 1955, the lowest infant
mortality rate ever recorded in the Borough, The local figure compares with an
infant mortality rate of 24 9 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 1955 was 56, including premature
stillbirths, Of the 47 premature infants born alive, 4 were born at home, of
whom 3 survived to the end of one month. 43 were born in hospital, of whom 37
survived to the end of one month.
The percentage of premature infants to total births (live and still) is 6.9
This figure has been rising gradually as can be seen by the following figures:-
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
3.3 4.5 5.6 4.9 6.0 6.9
Causes of infants deaths are shown in Table II on page 58.
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