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1959 1960
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age (Infant Mortality)
(a) Legitimate Males 24 22
Females 16 20
Total 40 42
Death-rate per 1,000 legitimate live births 24.72 23.84
(b) Illegitimate Males 2 1
Females 0 2
Total 2
Death-rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births 14.93 18.29
(c) Total Males 26 23
Females 16 22
Total 42 45
Rate per 1,000 total live births 23.97 23.36
Deaths of Infants under 4 weeks (Neo-natal Mortality) 33 36
Rate per 1,000 live births 18.84 18.69
Deaths of Infants under 1 week (Early Neo-natal Mortality) 30 29
Rate per 1,000 live births 17.21 15.06
Stillbirths and deaths under 1 week (Perinatal and Mortality) 61 57
Rate per 1,000 live and still births 34.21 29.17
Movement of Population
There is a continuous substantial movement of population both into and out of the Borough
and since 1949 the outward movement has consistently exceeded the inward with a consequent
steady fall into population.
In 1960, although there was a natural increase in population arising from births exceeding
deaths by 596, the Registrar General's estimate of population shows a reduction of 1,070 meaning
that the outward movement of population was greater than the inward by 1,666.
Classification of Deaths
Deaths are classified under the 36 headings based on the abbreviated list under International
Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death, 1955. Deaths are assigned
to the area where the deceased normally resided, except where the death occurs in a residential
home or in a chronic or mental hospital where the deceased had been a patient for six months or
more.