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10. MARRIAGES.
There were 304 marriages registered in the district in 1927.
This is equal to a marriage rate of 7.6 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 ; in 1925, 258 marriages equal to a rate
of 6.7, and in 1926, 249 marriages equal to a rate of 6.3.
11. BIRTHS.
The net number of births registered in 1927 was 710, affording
an annual birth rate of 17.7 per 1,000 population, compared with
21.01 in 1926 and 21.4 in 1925.
Of all births, 21 were illegitimate, or a proportion to total births
of 2.9 per cent.
Notification of Births Act, 1907-1915.—Of the total births recorded
in the district during 1927, all except 38 or 5.3 per cent. of the total,
were notified to the Medical Officer of Health, 461 being notified
by midwives and 213 by parents and doctors. 18 still-births were
notified, 4 being notified by midwives and 14 by doctors and
others. 2 still-births, which took place in the district, were not
notified.