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The birth rate for 1928 was 18.1 per 1,000 persons living,
calculated on a population of 115,200. Calculated on a population
of 121,000 the rate would have been 17.2 as compared with
18.5 for 1927.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths belonging to the Borough registered
during 1928 was 1,520, consisting of 813 males and 707
females. The number for 1927 was 1,566.
The death rate for 1928 was 13.2 per thousand persons
calculated on a population of 115,200. Calculated on a population
of 121,000 the rate would have been 12.5 as compared with 12.9
for 1927.
MARRIAGES.
The total number of marriages in the Borough in 1928 was
1,055, being 34 above the number for 1927, and 40 below the
average for the last 10 years.
The figures have been supplied by the Superintendent
Registrar. This makes a marriage rate of 18.32 per 1,000 of the
population, compared with a marriage rate last year of 16.88 of
the population, 121,000.
Year No. Rate
1918 1,106 1821
1919 1,242 19-19
192O 1,383 21-40
1921 1,084 17-99
1923 1,056 17-34
1922 1,008 lb*b4
19 24 I 1.015 16-62
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1925 I 1,038 16-88
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1926 994 16-15
1927 1.021 16-88
Average for years 1918 —1927 1,095 17-73
1928 1,055 18-32
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