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Marriages.
During the year the marriages of 3,050 persons were registered,
giving a rate of 21.2 as against 18.4, 18.9, 17.8 17.9, and 20.1 in the
five years 1930-1934.
Deaths.
1,622 deaths were registered. After correction for inward and
outward transfers the nett total was 1,588, giving a crude death rate of
11.0.
Natural Increase.
The natural increase of population represented by excess of births
over deaths was 627.
The principal causes of death are shown in the chart facing page 12.
Heart disease, diseases of the Respiratory System (including Tuberculosis)
and Cancer account for the majority of the deaths, but in placing Heart
disease first it should be noted that 76 per cent, of the deaths ascribed
to this condition were of persons of 65 years or more.