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Births and
Birth.rate.
The number of births registered during the
year was 1,020, 536 of males and 484 of females.
The birth.rate calculated from the total number
of births and the foregoing estimate of the population
was 25'5 per 1,000 persons living during the year. The
number of births is nearly double that of 1879.
Natural
Increase.
The rate of natural increase is represented
by the excess of births over deaths and is
15.2 per 1,000 of the population.
Deaths and
Death.rate.
There were registered in this sub.district
410 deaths during the year 1889, of these seven
were of parishoners of St. Pan eras in St. Ann's Home.
The death.rate including these was 10.2 per 1,000, without
them 10'1, this is the lowest death.rate I have ever
yet had to record.
When to these deaths are added those of persons who
died in various out.lying general and special hospitals the
death.rate is raised to 11.2 per 1,000.