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assistance. Dr. Leys was appointed as half-time Assistant, and an
extra half-time Nurse was appointed as from 1st September and 1st
October respectively, An additional Junior Clerk was also
appointed.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Population.
The Registrar-General's estimate for the population for 1928, is
(Birth rate) 59,730-—(Death rate) 58,910, despite the fact that our
building activities for the last four years particularly have been
very large, the extent of which may be demonstrated by the fact that
the amount of the loans to house purchasers under the Housing and
Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts at the end of 1928 amounted to
£2,004,6'86. This estimate has a detrimental effect on all the vital
statistics, in that they appear larger than they really should be
owing to being based on a smaller population. This however cannot
be avoided in intercensal periods as the figures throughout the
Country must be taken on a uniform basis, and the fact that our
housing activities are producing a large influx of population, does
not appear in the figures supplied to us by the Registrar-General
which are based on a definite mathematical basis used uniformly.
The death-rate population excludes all non-civilian males
whether serving at home or abroad; whilst the birth-rate (and
marriage-rate) population includes all the elements of the population
contributing to the birth and marriage rates and may be
represented by: —
Death-rate population plus the district's proportional share of
all non-civilians enlisted from this country.
Deaths.
The number of deaths registered in the district was 1218, but
673 of these did not belong to the district, while 79 residents died
outside the district. Thus the number of deaths properly attributable
to the district was 624. Adopting the basis of the population