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number, 1204. It is remarkable that last year, even to a
unit, the same number of deaths occurred, the same number
of births, and consequently the number of births in excess
is the same, while the amounts are made up of numbers
which present much variation in detail.
The relative mortality of the past year is, notwithstanding,
much more favorable than its predecessor, since by births
alone the population has received an addition of 1204, and
by immigration a still greater number.

In the third and fourth quarters, it may be observed that
the number of births in the Hamlet have more than doubled
the number of deaths.
The excess of births over deaths is scarcely less deserving
of notice, than the considerable mortality among young
children which will be seen further on in Table III. It is
possible, however, that there may be a connection between
these two prominent facts; for although the Table (No. 3)
shows only the number of deaths between birth and the age
of five years, yet a great proportion of those deaths take
place at less than a twelvemonth, many even a few days or