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The deaths in the Infirmary were 261—males, 144;
females, 117.
The death rates per 1,000, including Infirmary deaths
belonging to this sub-district and outlying Institutions:—
1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886
19.5 17.1 18.5 20.0 16.8 19.0 18.0 18.6 18.8 19.8 18.1
The deaths during the past year, not including those
occurring in its Institutions, nor those in outlying Institutions,
numbered 1,076; these give a death rate of
15.9 per 1,000.
Birthrate. The number of births registered were 2,617,
of which 1,356 were males and 1,261 females, being a
difference of 95 in favor of the males, and an increase
of 59 above those of the previous year.
The rate is 39. per 1,000, being 2 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.
The return for each quarter was as follows:—
First Second Third Fourth
Quarter. Quarter. Quarter. Quarter.
709 645 646 617
Natural The above number of births are 1,477 in
ncreasc. excess of the deaths,and constitute the year's
natural increase.
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:—