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The number of births, almost necessarily, I might say,
have also shown a larger increase than usual. In 1875
965 births were registered, and during the past year 1029
(530 males and 499 females), giving an increase of 55 births.
The birth rate is 34.3 per 1000.
While it is satisfactory to note an increase in the
marriages and births, it is still more pleasant to record a
decrease in the deaths. During the past year 545 deaths
were registered, showing a decrease of 3 from those of 1875,
and yielding a death rate of 17.7 per 1000. Such a deathrate
is most creditable to our locality, and is evidence, I
think, that its sanitary condition is improving notwithstanding
its rapidly increasing population. The excess of
births over deaths was 484, which, of course, represents the
natural increase of the population.