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the density has increased fourfold. The actual figures
are as follows :—

BIRTHS.
During the statistical year of 1896, 53 weeks,
3,068 births were registered in the Parish, the
largest number recorded in any of the eleven years
1886-1896, and 155 above the average for the decennium
1886-1895. The births included 1,661 of males
and 1,407 of females. The birth-rate* for the year
was 24'24 per 1,000 of the estimated population, a
rate lower than that for any year since 1886, with
the exception of 1894 when the birth-rate was 23*32.
Last year's birth-rate for males (13*12) was the highest
recorded in the period 1893-96, whilst that for females
(11*11) was the lowest. (See Table 3.)
•The year 189(5 ended for statistical purposes on the second day of January,
1897, and contained 53 weeks, or 371 days. To correct the rates, based on the
totals of the 53 weekly returns, a factor was necessary, to reduce the figures to
86G-371tha of the whole. The following formula has been used throughout
this report:—
N 1000x366
R = p X 371 or f; or in logarithms,
log. R = log. N — log. P+ log.f
where
N= total of 53 weeks' returns, and
P = estimated population.
R = rate required,
log.f= 2.99411.