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in consequence the female population of the country
outnumbers considerably the male population. It will
be observed that in accordance with this law male
births exceed female births in our own parish, but
that in apparent contradiction to it, more females die
than males. The reason of this anomaly is, as I have
before pointed out, to be found in the fact that our
parish contains an excessive female population, due,
in large measure, to the large number of female
servants which it contains.
640 of the deaths occurred in the first year of
life, and 336 between one and five, so that no less than
976 deaths took place in children under five years of
age. During the next five years there was a sudden
fall, 60 deaths only having been registered, and from
the age of 10 upwards, a gradual increase occurred,
decade by decade, up to the age of 60. From 60 to
70, there was a further advance, the deaths numbering
242. Between 70 and 80, 223 deaths occurred;
between 80 and 90, 106; between 90 and 100, 13.
52 deaths were caused by accidental or other
violence, 150 by premature birth, defective vitality
at birth, or gradual weakness dating from birth, and
33 by child-birth. Of the latter number 13 were due