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Births.
The total number of births registered in the district during the year was
1030, a decrease of 27 compared with the number of births in the previous
year.
46 of the infants born were the children of women residing only temporarily
in the district, and cannot properly be considered as additions to the local
population. 28 of them were boys and 18 girls.
If these 46 births are deducted from the total, the number of births for
the year is 984, 11 less than the number of births amongst residents only
in 1904.
The fact that in spite of an undoubted increase in the population during
the year, the number of children born should be actually less is one deserving
of very serious consideration.