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Deaths of Infants under 1 year of Age: Total. Males. Females.
Legitimate 71 40 31
Illegitimate 5 4 1
76 44 32
Infantile Death Kate (all infants per 1,000 live births) 27.29
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 26.88
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 34.72
The population which, in 1938, was 144,400, shows an increase
of 4,310 over the figure of 124,830 for 1946.
The birth-rate 21.57 compared with 20.67 in 1946 and 13.1 in
1938.
Registered live births totalled 2,785, compared with 2,580 in
1946, the proportion of males to females being 1,441 boys and
1,344 girls.
The infantile death-rate of 27.29 was lower than the rate for
1946—34.11.
Deaths in the first 4 weeks of life caused a neo-natal mortality of
16.16 per 1,000 live births, as compared with 20.93 in 1946.
The maternal death-rate was 1.052, as compared with 1.499 in
1946.
The general death rate of the whole population showed a
reduction over the previous year—11.31 compared with 11.94.