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10. marriages.
There were 258 marriages registered in the district in 1925.
This is equal to a marriage rate of 6.7 per 1,000 population. In
1922 there were 208 marriages, equal to a rate of 5.6, in 1923,
2l9 marriages, equal to a rate of 5.9 per 1,000, and in 1924, 208
marriages, equal to a rate of 5.4.
11. births.
The net number of births registered in 1925 was 825, affording
an annual birth rate of 21.4 per 1,000 population, compared
with 22.3 in 1924 and 23.1 in 1923.
Of all births, 23 were illegitimate, or a proportion to total
births of 2.7 per cent.
The average birth rate for the quinquennium ended 31st
December, 1925, was 23*3 per 1,000 population.
Notification of Births Act, 1907-1915.—Of the total births
recorded in the district during 1925, all except 33 or 3.9 per
cent. of the total, were notified to the Medical Officer of Health,
555 being notified by raid wives and 242 by parents and doctors.
28 still-births were notified, 20 being notified by midwives and
8 by doctors and others.