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to the number of births was 16.4per cent., the decennial
average being 15.5 per cent.
Senile
Mortality, of the total deaths, 32 were registered as
having resulted from old age per se, but 84
or 11.6 per cent, occurred at the age of 70 years and
upwards, the highest age attained (that of a female),
being 99 years. In the following summary of the
number, sex, and age of the deceased, the deaths of
females are seen to form considerably more than twice
the number of those of males.
Age. Males. Females. Total.
70 — 75 10 16 26
75 — 80 9 21 30
80 — 85 1 9 10
85 — 90 4 11 15
93 .. 1 1
96 1 .. 1
99 . . 1 1
25 59 84
As the attainment of high ages in relation to the total
deaths in a locality may be accepted in some measure
as an exponent of the latter's salubrity, it should be
observed that the number of persons attaining the age
of 80 years and upwards in this sub-district considerably
exceeds that of the whole Metropolis.
Sickness and Mortality
amongst the
Parochial Poor.
The nature, amount and fatality of
disease that occurred amongst the parochial
poor during the year are exhibited in Table III.
in the Appendix. It is there seen that the total number
of fresh cases of disease that came under treatment was