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10
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR 1867-68,
BY GEORGE PUCKLE, M.D.
Gentlemen,
In presenting another Annual Report it is very
gratifying to find that the healthiness of the Parish, as indicated
by its mortality during the year 1867, has been satisfactory.
The number of births registered in the year 1867 amounted to
7,387 exceeding those in 1864 by 948; those in 1865 by 535;
and those in 1866 by 314.
The births in the first quarter of the year were 2,001; in the
second quarter 1,832; in the third quarter 1,747; and in the
last quarter of the year 1,807.
The births exceeded the total number of deaths recorded during
the year by 3,334, an excess of births over deaths not previously
known.
The deaths recorded during 1867 were 4,053, being 182 less
than in 1864 ; 44 less than in 1865 ; and 116 less than in 1866.
In the first quarter of the year the deaths numbered 1,165;
in the second quarter 870; in the third quarter 932; and in the
fourth quarter 1,086.
The births and deaths during each quarter of the year, in each
of the Eight Ecclesiastical Divisions of the Parish, are shown in
Table II. In the Waterloo Road, 1st part district, there were