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[1936
EXTRACT OF VITAL STATISTICS.
Total. M. F.
Live Births.
Legitimate 4,502 2,311 2,191 Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated
Illegitimate 222 104 1181 resident population, 1524
Stillbirths139 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births, 28.58
Deaths 3,856 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated
resident population, 12 44
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 3 0.62
No. 30. Other puerperal causes 5 T02
Total 8 1.64
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 61
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 60
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 76
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 554
,, Measles (all ages) 58
,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 18
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 84
POPULATION (ESTIMATED).
The population at mid-year 1936, is estimated at 304,100* persons, a decrease
in the population of 17,695, when compared with the number of inhabitants ascertained
at the census in 1931.
MARRIAGES.
Marriages, 2,963; Marriage Rate, 19.49.—There were 5,926 persons
married, or 2,963 marriages in 1936, and the marriage rate, that is to say, the
number of persons married per 1,000 of the population was 19.49. Compared with
the previous year these figures show a decrease of 178 in the number of persons
married, or of 89 marriages , and of 0.31 per 1,000 in the rate.

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