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only be correct so far as the population continues to increase or
decrease at the same rate as it had been doing during the preceding
decennial periods. The estimated population for 1911 would be
21,093, or 865 lower than that of the census.
The number of births registered in the District amounted to
469, including 254 of males, and 215 of females. To this number
must be added 5 births (of males) which occurred outside the district,
born of parents having a fixed place of residence in the district,
while 24 births (18 male and 6 female) not belonging to the
district are deducted. The nett number of births was, therefore,
450, which gives a Birth-rate of 20.4 per 1,000 of population, as
compared with 26.0 in 1901; 25.4 in 1909; and 24.3 in 1910.
Three hundred and twenty-two deaths were registered, 173 of
males, and 149 of females. To this number are added the deaths
of 28 persons belonging to the District who died elsewhere, while
102 are deducted of persons dying in the district, and who had a
fixed residence outside the district. The nett total of deaths belonging
to the district was 248, giving a Death-rate of 11.2 per
1,000 of population, as compared with an exactly similar rate in
1901 : 11.6 in 1909: and 11.1 in 1910.
Among the above total of 248 deaths, 35 were attributable
one or other of the following Epidemic Diseases, viz.:—
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years)
25
Diphtheria
0
Measles
3
Whooping Cough
6
Enteric Fever
1
Scarlet Fever
0
Small-pox
0
Pyrexia of uncertain origin
0
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The Infant Mortality, i.e., the number of deaths of infants
under one year of age per 1,000 registered births, was 122, as compared
with 91 in 1901; 64 in 1909; and 100 in 1910.
The birth-rate in England and Wales in 1911 was 24.4 per
1,000 of the population, which is 0.7 per 1,000 below the rate in
1910, and lower than the rate in any other year on record. Compared
with the average in the ten years, 1901—1910, the birthrate
in 1911 showed a decrease of 2.8 per 1 ,000.
The death-rate in 1911 was 14.6 per 1,000, which was 1.1 per
1,000 above the rate in 1910, and equal to the rate in 1909, but
lower than the rate in any other year on record; compared with the
average rate in the ten years, 1901-—1910, the death-rate in 1911
showed a decrease of 0.8 per 1,000.