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Hawkers and Greengrocers.
4 families 1st child
1 2nd ,,
2 „ 3rd ,,
3 „ 5th ,,
3 „ 6th ,,
1 „ 7th ,,
3 „ 8th ,,
1 ,, 9th „
1 „ 13th „
1 „ 14th ,,
Policemen.
1 family 1st child
1 „ 2nd „
2 families 3rd „
1 family 4th „
Painters.
5 families 1st child
2 „ 2nd „
1 family 3rd „
2 families 4th „
1 family 6th „
1 „ 7th „
It has been suggested that the housing shortage has been
one of the factors operating in the marked fall in the birth-rate in
recent years. There is no doubt as to the shortage of houses,
and young married couples are compelled to live with relatives,
or in furnished and unfurnished apartments. These conditions are
not altogether suitable for the rearing of children, and are operating
towards a low birth-rate among a certain class of the population.
Another reason for the continued shrinkage of the birth-rate
is the difficulty of obtaining domestic help. This applies to the
middle, more perhaps than to any other class, for it is in this section
of the community that the shortage of domestic labour is most felt.
DEATHS.
446 deaths were registered in the district; of these 18 deaths
were of non-residents; 241 deaths of residents occurred outside
the district.
The total number of deaths belonging to the district is 669.
The net number of deaths corresponds to a death-rate of 10.6
per 1,000 inhabitants.
It has been explained in former reports that in order to compare
the death-rate of one district with that of another it is necessary to
make an allowance for the difference in age and sex constitution
of the different districts.