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This factor is called the Comparability Factor,
viz.:—0.98.
The Birth Rate is 16.08 per 1,000 population,
an increase of 1.68, which compares very favourably
with that for England and Wales, viz.:—14.8.
The 612 births for the year ending 1934 is the
largest that has occurred, showing an increase of
104 over 1933.
The Crude Death Rate is 9.33 per 1,000 population
and the Corrected Death Rate is 9.14 per 1,000;
that for England and Wales is 11.8.
The total deaths are 355, so there is a natural
increment of 257.
The Infantile Mortality Rate, that is, the
number of deaths of Infants under 1 year of age,
is very satisfactory. For the past year, it was
27.78 per 1,000 live births, the lowest on record for
Surbiton, with 41.83 for 1933, while the figure for
England and Wales was 59.
This satisfactory figure reflects great credit on
the Infant and Child Welfare Clinic and those who
are connected with it and I feel that Surbiton should
be proud of possessing such encouraging rates.
The Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 total
births is 6.31, an unfortunate rise above 1933 of
2.49. The cause for the increase is difficult to
state definitely. An increase in this rate is general
throughout England and Wales.
The incidence of Infectious Disease remains
about the same with the exception of Diphtheria.
A slight epidemic of this disease occurred with 3
deaths.