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Total population at all ages at Census of 1911:
District, 12,185; Asylum, 2,740 14,925
Number of inhabited houses 2,765
Average number of persons per house 5.4
The following table gives the number of occupied
and unoccupied houses, together with the estimated population
for each Ward for this year.
North. South. Central. Total.
Houses occupied 565 1,178 '848 2,591
„ unoccupied 18 113 33 164
Estimated Population 3,051 6,628 4,579 14,258
The population per acre in 1901 was approximately
8, in 1911 it was 8.9, and is now 10.9.
Births.
These numbered 333, giving a birthrate of 23.3,
being a decrease of 4.0. The natural increase of the
population by the excess of births over deaths was
333 113 120, the excess in 1908 being 213; in
1907, 177; in 1906, 152; in 1910, 240; in 1911,
169; in 1912, 239.
Deaths.
There were 79 deaths (Tables I., III. and IV.)
registered in the district, excluding the Asylum, giving
a death-rate of 5.5, an improvement of 2.4 on 1912.
Thirty-four deaths occurred outside the District of
persons belonging to it, but no deaths occurred in the
District of persons not belonging to it, giving a net total
of 79 + 34 — 0 = 113, showing a net death-rate of 7.9.
Deaths occurring between 1 and 2 years— 6, viz.,
Diarrhoea 1, Nephritis 1, Congenital Defects 1, 111 defined
Diseases 1, other defined Diseases 2.
Between 2 and 5—3, the chief being, Scarlet Fever
1, Tuberculosis (not Phthisis) 2.
Between 45 and 65.—There were 20 deaths, of which
Phthisis 3, Cancer 8, Heart Disease 1, Bronchitis 3.
Between 65 and upwards.—There were 34, of which.
Old Age 4, Heart Disease 15, Cancer 2.
Compared with 1912, the deaths besides being fewer
occured later in life.