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The housing conditions of the district will be found under the
section dealing with Housing on page 31.
Infant Mortality.
as compared with 47 deaths last year.
The infantile mortality rate for the year is equal to 43 per 1,000
live births, as against 42 per 1,000 last year.
The infant mortality rate for England and Wales was 65 per
1,000 for 1932, and 66 per 1,000 for 1931.
Of the 46 deaths registered this year:—
15 were due to prematurity.
12 „ „ congenital malformation and debility.
6 „ „ diarrhoea and vomiting.
7 „ „ pneumonia or broncho-pneumonia.
6 „ „ other causes.
One baby girl, aged three months, died from gastro-enteritis,
and at the post mortem it was found that she had atelectasis, the
lungs being almost solid. The child weighed 4 lbs. when born and
7 lbs. 14 ozs. when she died. She had never been able to cry
properly, and it seems remarkable, considering the condition of the
lungs, that the child was able to live so long.
Matebnal Mortality.
During the year five deaths were registered as being due to
diseases or accidents of pregnancy, compared with seven deaths last
year. The following is a summary of the causes of death:—
2 were due to puerperal fever.
1 wa3 due to pulmonary embolus.
1 „ haemorrhage.
1 „ shock following Caesarian section.