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3 [1934
EXTRACT OF VITAL STATISTICS.
Total. M. F.
Live Births.
Legitimate 4,450 2,345 2,105 Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated
Illegitimate 174 91 83 resident population, 14 72
Stillbirths 125 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births, 26.32
Deaths 3,723 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated
resident population, 11.85
Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar.General s
Short List):—
Deaths Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births.
No. 29. Puerperal sepsis 3 0.63
No. 30. Other puerperal causes 9 1.89
Total 12 2.52
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 62
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 61
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 104
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 39
,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 15
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 47
POPULATION (ESTIMATED).
The population at mid.year 1934, is estimated at 314,200* persons. A decrease
in the population of 7,595, when compared with the number of inhabitants ascertained
at the census in 1931.
MARRIAGES.
Marriages, 2,879; Marriage Rate, 18.3.—There were 5,758 persons
married, or 2,879 marriages in 1934, and the marriage rate, that is to say, the
number of persons married per 1,000 of the population was 18 3. Compared with
the previous year these figures show an increase of 786 in the number of persons
married, or of 393 marriages , and of 2.7 per 1,000 in the rate.