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10. MARRIAGES.
There were 276 marriages registered in the district in 1929.
This is equal to a marriage rate of 6.5 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 ; in 1926, 249 marriages equal to a rate of 6.3; in 1927,
304 marriages equal to a rate of 7.6, and in 1928, 311 marriages
equal to a rate of 7.6.
11. BIRTHS.
The net number of births registered in 1929 was 787, affording
an annual birth rate of 18.7 per 1,000 population, compared with
19.7 in 1928 and 17.7 in 1927.
Of all births, 14 were illegitimate, or a proportion to total births
of 1.8 per cent.
Notification of Births Act, 1907-1915.—Of the total births recorded
in the district during 1929, 733 were notified to the Medical Officer
of Health, 503 being notified bv midwives and 230 by parents and
doctors. 20 still-births were notified, 17 being notified by midwives
and 3 by doctors and others. 6 still-births, which took place
in the district, were not notified.