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Maternal Mortality
No deaths in childbirth, either from puerperal sepsis or other maternal
causes, were recorded during the year. A total of six maternal deaths have
been recorded in the district over the past ten years.
The maternal mortality rate for England and Wales per thousand live
and still births was 0.35.
Infant Mortality
During 1962 there were 12 deaths among infants under one year of
age, giving a mortality rate of 13.8 per thousand live births, as compared
with 18 deaths in 1961, giving a rate of 22.06 per thousand live births.
The number of neo-natal deaths (i.e. those occurring during the first
four weeks of life) was 8, giving a neo-natal death rate of 9.2 per thousand
live births, as compared with 14 deaths for the preceding year.
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