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VIOLENCE.
Three deaths, 2 males and 1 female, were recorded from Suicide.
There were 12 deaths from other forms of violence, 11 males and 1
temale. Three of the deaths which occurred outside the Borough
were due to War operations.
Four deaths of Wallington residents, due to road accidents,
occurred outside the Borough.. No deaths of Wallington residents
occurred in roads within the Borough.
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
The maternal mortality rate for the year was 3.44 per thousand
total births. This rate is misleading and scarcely represents a true
picture of the maternal mortality in the area, as only one death
occurred in the year under review.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Of a total of 284 live births, only 6 deaths of infants under one
year of age were registered. Of these, 3 were males and 3 females,
all being legitimate children. This gives an infantile mortality rate
of 21.13 per 1,000 live births, as compared with 34.88 in 1940 and
59.00 for England and Wales.
The district is to be congratulated on an exceptionally low figure
for infantile mortality. This rate is often taken as an index of the
general health and prosperity of the district as a whole. It is much
lower than the rate for the country as a whole and represents the
results of the labours of all services dealing with the preservation
of infant life.
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