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amount of zymotic disease having been insignificant
Cases of scarlet fever were reported during each
month; the total number, however, was about a third
of that of the preceding year.
The deaths of infants under one year were less
than those of the previous year.
The growth of the population of the District
continued, and was evidenced by the excess of births
over deaths, amounting to 441.
Building operations progressed with tolerable
activity, both dwelling-houses and shops. The number
of the former amounted to 126, and the latter to
23, which is satisfactory evidence of the growth of the
District, and of the increase of the population.
The year having been dry and moderately warm,
was on the whole favourable to a low death rate, but
the high temperature in the summer produced as
usual an excessive fatality from infantile diarrhoea,
and consequently had a tendency to raise the mortality
in children under one year.
Population.
I have estimated the population for the middle of
the year at 25,972.
Births.
The number of births during the year was 789—
399 males, 390 females. The birth rate was 30.37
per thousand; for London it was 30,and for England
and Wales, 29.7.