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Total deaths from, all causes, including all deaths in
the Infirmary, in the respective years were—
1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
644 674 689 856 854 820 908 1002 1010 1195
The deaths in the Infirmary were 216.
The death-rates per 1,000 excluding Infirmary
deaths and its population, were—
1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
17 0 17 6 17 2 20 2 19 5 17 1 18 5 20 0 16 8 19 0
Birth-rate.—The number of births registered was
2,103, 1,085 being males, and 1,018 females; this gives a
rate of 40 per 1,000 or 2½ above that of last year, when
we had the actual population on which to calculate
statistics. There were 265 more births than those of the
previous year.
The number of births registered in each quarter
of the year was as follows:—
First Second Third Fourth
Quarter. Quarter. Quarter. Quarter.
541 485 522 555
Natural Increase.—The above number of births
are 1,124 in excess of the deaths, and constitute the
year's natural increase.
The following table shows the causes of all deaths,
classified according to age, sex, and social position, which
have taken place in this Sub-district during the year:—