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Births and Birth Rate (figures for 1934 are given in brackets).
The total number of births notified to the Health Department under the
Notification of Births Acts was 814 (685).
The total number of registered births under the Births and Deaths
Registration Act (included in the notified births above) was 529 (525).
The total number of live births belonging to the district whether occurring
within or outside the district was 809 (759).
The illegitimate live births were 23 (27). There were 26 stillbirths (21).
Twenty-five of these were legitimate.
This gives a birth rate per 1,000 population of 16.76 (16.25) and a
stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births of 31.17 (26.9).
The birth rate grouped in five-yearly periods since 1892 is shown in
Appendix C on page 68.
The monthly registration of births classified as to districts is given in
the following table.

*This figure does not include 306 births which, although belonging to the district, were
registered in other districts.
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