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3 [1933
EXTRACT OF VITAL STATISTICS.
Total. M. F.
Live Births.
Legitimate 4,397 2,262 2,135 Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated
Illegitimate 184 100 84 resident population, 14.35.
Stillbirths 122 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births, 14.74.
Deaths 3,957 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated
resident population, 12.40.
Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's
Short List) :—
Deaths Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births.
No. 29. Puerperal sepsis 5 1.06
No. 30. Other puerperal causes 8 1.70
Total 13 2.76
Death rate of infants under one year of age :—
All infants per 1,000 live births 63
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 58
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 174
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 14
,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 23
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 63
POPULATION (ESTIMATED).
The number of the population at mid-year 1933 is estimated at 319,100*
persons. There was, therefore, a decrease in the population of 2,695, when
compared with the number of inhabitants ascertained at the census in 1931.
MARRIAGES.
Marriages, 2,486; Marriage Rate, 15-6.—There were 4,972 persons
married or 2,486 marriages, in 1933, and the marriage rate, that is to say, the
number of persons married per 1,000 of the population was 15.6. Compared with
the previous year these figures show a decrease of 742 in the number of persons
married, or of 371 marriages; and of 2.0 per 1,000 in the rate.

* M.O.H. figure as used during year.