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Marriages.
During the year the marriages of 3,008 persons were registered,
giving a rate of 21.4 as against 18.9, 17.8, 17.9, 20.1 and 21.2 in the
five years 1931-1935.
Deaths.
1,758 deaths were registered as having occurred in the Borough.
After correction for inward and outward transfers the nett total was
1.747, giving a crude rate of 12.5 and an adjusted rate of 13.8.
Natural Increase.
The natural increase of population represented by excess of births
over deaths was 363.
The principal causes of death are shown in the chart facing page 12.
Heart disease, diseases of the Respiratory System (including Tuberculosis)
account for the majority of the deaths, but in placing Heart disease first
it should be noted that 73 per cent, of the deaths ascribed to this condition
were of persons of 65 years or more.