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Maternal Deaths:—
Puerperal Sepsis 1
Other Puerperal Causes 2
Total 3
Maternal Death Rate (per 1,000 total live and still births) 1.41
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of Age: Total. Males. Females
Legitimate 83 40 43
Illegitimate 4 1 3
87 41 46
Infantile Death Rate (all infants per 1,000 live births) 42 11
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 42.32
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 38.09
The population which, in 1938, was 144,400, shows a decrease of
2,170 over the figure of 110,350 for the previous year.
The birth-rate continues to rise—19.09 compared with 17.85 in
1943 and 13.1 in 1938.
Registered live births totalled 2,066, compared with 1,970 in
1943, the proportion of males to females being 1,073 boys and 993
girls.
The infantile death-rate of 42.11 was lower than the rate for
1943—43.65.
Deaths in the first 4 weeks of life caused a neo-natal mortality of
22.26 per 1,000 live births, a further reduction on previous years.
The maternal death-rate was 1.41, as compared with 2.94 in
1943.
The general death rate of the whole population showed a
reduction over the previous year—12.53 compared with 13.71.
Deaths from cancer showed a slight increase, but there were
fewer deaths from diseases of the lungs.