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1911
Thus at the age period 35-45 it rose from 122 in 1881 to 124 in 1891,
thence to 130 in 1901, and finally to 138 in 1911.
There is a similar tale to be told with respect to the period of life between
45 and 55, for here the proportions since 1881 have been respectively 80, 87,
93 and 102 in each thousand of the population.
Again, the proportions show a steady increase between 55-05, for they rose
from 52 persons in each thousand of the population in 1881 to 08 in 1911,
the intervening proportions being 54 in 1891 and 60 in 1901.
Between 05 and 75 years of age also the proportions increased from 27
in 1881 to 28 in 1891, to 31 in 1901, and to 40 in 1911.
And lastly, the number of people in every thousand of the population
increased from 10 in 1881 to 14 in 1911, being 11 in 1891 and 12 in 1901.

These figures show a progressive decrease in the younger life of the
population, and a similar increase in the older. They indicate that the
proportion of young lives has fallen ten per cent., while that of the older lives
has increased twenty-four per cent.
This change, unfortunately, has detrimentally effected the death-rate of
the borough to the extent of 10 per thousand in the annual death-rate, as
compared with 1891, and as ascertained by a careful calculation. This fact
must, therefore, be recollected when making comparisons between the death-rate
of the present and past years. For another reason also this is a really serious
and regrettable feature of the returns, because the younger a population is