available in respect of the occupation period together with those for 1940, 1941 and 1946 onwards are as follows.
Year
Deaths
1940
61,010
1941
61,324
1942
83,435
1943
40,117
1944
24,936
1945
23,098 (to 31st August only)
1946
16,653
1947
13,231
1948
13,434
1949
16,287
C. Infant Mortality
The deaths of infants under one year of age formed almost exactly one third of death for all ages. The figures in respect of post war years are tabulated below.
Year
No. of infants
born
No. of infants who died under
Infant mortality
1 year of age
rate
1946
31,098
2,770
89.1*
1947
42,473
4,346
102.3*
1948
47,475
4,324
91.1*
1949
54,774
5,444
99.4
* These figures supersede those previously published as it has been
discovered an error in the method of computation was made.
D.
Pre-Natal Mortality
There were 1,321 still-births recorded in 1949, i.e. 23.5 per 1,000 live births, as against 1,251 still-births or 25.7 per 1,000 live births in 1948.
E.
Neo-Natal Mortality
The number of deaths of children under 4 weeks in respect of the years 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1948 are tabulated below.
Number of deaths
Neo-Natal Mortality rate
1946, 1947, 1948, 1949. 1,001 1,463 1,433 1,609
32.2 34.4 30.2
29.4
F.
Maternal Mortality
The maternal mortality rate for 1949, was 2.12 compared with 1.5 for 1948, and 1.64 for 1947.
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