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MARRIAGES.
The total number of marriages in the Borough in 1927 was
1,021, being 27 above the number for 1926, and 73 below the
average for the last 10 years.
The figures have been supplied by the Superintendent
Registrar. This makes a marriage rate of 16.88 per 1,000 of the
population, compared with a marriage rate last year of 16.15 of
the population, 123,100.
Year No. Rate
1917 1,015 16.92
1918 1,106 18.21
1919 1,242 19.19
1920 1,383 21.40
1921 1,084 17.99
1922 1,008 16.64
1923 1,056 17.34
1924 1,015 16.62
1925 1,038 16.88
1926 994 16.15
Average for years 1917 —1926 1,094 17.73
1927 1,021 16.88
DEATHS.
In Tables I. and II. 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, 1927, was 1,236, which is 73 more
than in 1926 and 245 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 1,566. This is 82 more than in 1926, and 201 less than the
average for the last 10 years.
The death rate for the Borough in 1927 was 12.9 per thousand
living inhabitants, being 0.8 above that recorded in 1926, and 1.9
below the average for the last 10 years.