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10. MARRIAGES.
There were 311 marriages registered in the district in 1928.
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, 20S marriages,
equal to a rate of 5.4; in 1925, 258 marriages equal to a rate
of 6.7; in 1926, 249 marriages equal to a rate of 6.3; and in 1927,
304 marriages equal to a rate of 7.6.
11. BIRTHS.
The net number of births registered in 1928 was 805, affording
an annual birth rate of 19.7 per 1,000 population, compared with
17.7 in 1927 and 21.01 in 1926.
Of all births, 20 were illegitimate, or a proportion to total births
of 2.4 par cent.
Notification of Birihs Act, 1907-1915.—Of the total births recorded
in the district during 1928, 703 were notified to the Medical Officer
of Health, 493 being notified bv midwives and 210 by parents and
doctors. 14 still-births were notified, 9 being notified by midwives
and 5 by doctors and others 4 still-births, which took place
in the district, were not notified.