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Maternal Deaths:—
Puerperal Sepsis —
Other Puerperal Causes 1
Total 1
Maternal Death Rate (per 1,000 total live and still births) .. 0.494
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of Age: Total. Males. Females
Legitimate 69 37 32
Illegitimate 9 7 2
78 44 34
Infantile Death Rate (all infants per 1,000 live births) 39.24
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 37.46
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 61.64
The population which, in 1938, was 144,400, shows an increase
of 2,420 over the figure of 108,180 for 1944.
The birth-rate 17.97 compared with 19.09 in 1944 and 13.1 in
1938.
Registered live births totalled 1,988, compared with 2,066 in
1944, the proportion of males to females being 1,011 boys and 977
girls.
The infantile death-rate of 39.24 was lower than the rate for
1944—42.11.
Deaths in the first 4 weeks of life caused a neo-natal mortality of
20.12 per 1,000 live births, a further reduction on previous years.
The maternal death-rate was 0.494, as compared with 1.41 in
1944.
The general death rate of the whole population showed a
reduction over the previous year—12.40 compared with 12.53.
Deaths from cancer showed a decrease, but there was a slight
increase in deaths from diseases of the lungs.