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The Marriages registered in the District numbered 400, giving
a proportion of 13.6 persons married in 1,000 inhabitants.
This is the lowest rate of which I possess any record, and is
considerably below the average rate of the last ten years. The
number of persons married in the Metropolis gave a proportion of
16.6 per 1,000.
The Deaths in the District during the year exclusive of tho#*
of non-residents which occurred in Public Institutions situated
in the District, but inclusive of those of residents which occurred
in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District,
numbered 1,470. The Kate of Mortality was 25 per l,000 that of
the Metropolis being 19.9 per 1,000, and of the Eastern Districts
22.5 per 1,000.
The excess of the Death Rate of the District over the Death
Rate of the Metropolis extends through all classes of disease thus,
the Death Rate in the Metropolis from the principal Zymotic
diseases, such as Meales, Fever, Whooping Cough, and Diarrhœa
was 2. 69, while in the Distric it was 3.82 From Constitutional
Diseases such as Cancer and Consumption it was 8.89, against 5.23
in the District. From Developmental Diseases it was 1.21, against
1.87. From Local Diseases, i.e., Diseases it Nervous System, of
Circulatory System, of Respiratory System, &c., it was 10.10, against
11.87, and from Violence it was .68 against 1.10 in the District.
This result is the outcome of the conditions under which a large
proportion of the inhabitants of your District exist; conditions
which for many of them mean indifferent lodging, insufficient food
and clothing, hard toil, and exposure to the elements.
The Death of Children under one year constituted 24.4 per
cent., and those of Children under 5 years 44.2 per cent. of the total mortality.