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In Table 11. of the Appendix will be seen the figures for the
last 10 Years in the three registration sub-districts, and in Table
I. figures for the whole Borough.
The birth-rate for 1920 was 81.2 per thousand persons living,
which is 10.8 above that for 1919 and 4.1 above the average for
the last 10 years.
Marriages.
The total number of marriages in the Borough in 1920 was
1,383, being 141 above the number for 1919, and 164 above the
average for the last 10 years.
In Table X. of Appendix will be found further particulars
as to sub-districts. The figures have been supplied by the Superintendent
Registrar. This makes a marriage rate of 21.4 per 1,000
of the population, compared with a marriage rate last year of
19.2 per 1,000 of the population 129.189.
Deaths.
In Tables 111. and IV. of Appendix will be found tables
dealing with deaths in the Borough.
The total number of deaths registered in the Borough for the
year ended December 31st, 1919, was 1,466, which is 134 less
than in 1919, and 297 below the average for the last 10 years.
When this figure is corrected by exclusion of deaths of nonparishioners
occurring in the district, and the inclusion of deaths
of parishioners occurring outside the district, the number is raised
to 1,642. This is 106 less than in 1919, and 532 less than the
average for the last 10 years.
The death-rate for the Borough in 1920 was 12.7 per
thousand living inhabitants, being 1.4 below that recorded in
1919, and 5.5 below the average for the last 10 years.
In column 1, foot of Table I. of the Appendix will be found a
list of places where deaths of non-parishioners occurred in the
districts. There were 105 such deaths in all, against 165 in 1919
and 191 in 1918.