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10. MARRIAGES.
There were 249 marriages registered in the district in 1926.
This is equal to a marriage rate of 6.3 per 1,000 population. In
1922, there were 208 marriages, equal to a rate of 5.6, in 1923,
219 marriages, equal to a rate of 5.9 per 1,000, in 1924, 208 marriages,
equal to a rate of 5.4, and in 1925, 258 marriages equal to a rate of
6.7.
11. BIRTHS.
The net number of births registered in 1926 was 818, affording
an annual birth rate of 21.01 per 1,000 population, compared with
21.4 in 1925 and 22.3 in 1924.
Of all births, 26 were illegitimate, or a proportion to total births
of 3.1 per cent.
Notification of Births Act, 1907-1915.—Of the total births recorded
in the district during 1926, all except 33 or 4.1 per cent, of the total,
were notified to the Medical Officer of Health. 529 being notified
by midwives and 241 by parents and doctors. 22 still-births were
notified, 14 being notified by midwives and 8 by doctors and
others.