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increase of 11,078 in ten years to our population ; doubtless
the chief increase being in the later years of the
decade. According to the official method of calculation,
the mean population of this sub-district would be 25,830
living in the middle of the year 18SI.
Birth-rate.—The births registered during the year
were 830, 429 were of males, and 401 of females; the
birth-rate being 32.1 per 1,000 of the population. The
excess of births over deaths was 517, giving the large
rate of natural increase of 20 per 1,000.
Deaths and Death-rate.—The total number of
deaths registered in the year was 313, showing a decrease
of 35 on the number recorded in 1880; of these deaths
150 were of males, and 163 of females.
The death-rate, calculated from the whole of the
deaths registered, and the foregoing estimate of the
population was 121 per 1,000 persons living during
the year.
The following table shows clearly the cause of
death, sex, age, and social position of all persons whose
deaths were registered during the year.