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The deaths during the last year not including those occurring
in its Institutions, nor those occurring in out-lying
Institutions, numbered 1036; these give a death-rate of 16.9
per 1,000.
The death-rate for the Metropolis was 20.3 per 1,000, the
lowest on record.
Birth-rate.—The number of births registered were 2,654, of
which 1,355 were males and 1,299 females, being a difference
of 56 in favor of the males.
The rate is 43.3 per 1,000, being 8 per 1,000 more than that
of the census year, at the same time the same increase of
population as in the preceding decennial period has been
allowed.
lhs return for each quarter was as follows:—
First Quarter. 641 Second Quarter. 657 Third Quarter. 654 Fourth Quarter. 702
Natural Increase.—The above number of births are 1,563
in excess of the deaths, and constitute the year's natural
increase, more than double those of the deaths, an excess
more than ever before known.
The following table shows the cause of all deaths, classified
according to age, sex, and social position, which have taken
place in this sub-district during the year:—