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POPULATION.
The figures supplied by the Registrar General for the
purpose of this Report are as follow:—
15,635 for the Birth Rate,
15,009 for the Death Rate,
the difference being- accounted for by the enforced
absence of men on service.
BIRTH RATE.
The number of Births registered during 1919 was 237,
giving a birth rate of 15.15. In 1918 there were 253 births.
The illegitimate births were only four.
DEATH RATE.
There were 129 deaths registered as belonging to the
District, giving the quite satisfactory death-rate of 8.5.
Among the chief causes of death were:—
Malignant Disease 18
Heart Disease 16
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 12
Pneumonia 11
Influenza 10
Of the 129 deaths, only 20 reached the age of 75, six of
whom were over 85, six over 80.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Twelve children died under twelve months old in 1919,
giving an infantile mortality-rate of 50.6—just under the last
six years' average, but too high, of course, for these more
enlightened days. The previous year, 1918, the rate was
low, 39.5.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Of the 154 cases notified, 46 were Measles; Diphtheria
18; Pneumonia, 17; Influenzal pneumonia, 12; Malaria, 20;
Pulmonary tuberculosis, 15; others forms of Tuberculosis,
5; Scarlatina, 14; Erysipelas, 4; Ophthalmia Neonatorum, 3.
Measles were very prevalent but not so marked as in
1918 (46 as against 252), and not of a fatal kind.