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Under one year of age 258 deaths were registered,
or 37 per cent. of the gross mortality, which is precisely
the same as last year; from one to five years, 166;
altogether under five years 424 deaths occurred, or GO per
cent. of the total number; the preceding year (1873)
gave 59 per cent. of the whole number of deaths as
occurring within the same age-limits.
Above 80 years of age 16 persons died, their respective
ages being—Males, 81, 82, 84, 87 ; and Females,
80, 80, 80, 82, 82, 84, 87, 88, 88, 89, 89, 91.
Social Position.—The social changes taking place in
this division of the Sub-district are clearly pointed out
by the relative positions in life of the persons whose deaths
were registered in 1874:—
Nobility and Gentry 15
Professional Class 18
Middle and Trading Class 154
Industrial and Labouring Class 514
Total - 701
In 1873 the Labouring Classes contributed 450 out
of 578 deaths, or 77.8 per cent. of the total number. In
1874, 514 deaths occurred among that class, or 73.3 per
cent. of the total number of deaths—701, showing an
improvement in the social position of the inhabitants.
This occurred almost exclusively among the Middle or
Trading Class.
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