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Births and Death Rate.
During the last quarter of the year 48 births were registered,
and four notifications of births, outside the district, were received
from the Registrar General, making a total for the year of 182
births—88 males and 94 females—of whom 10 were illegitimate.
This is equal to an annual birth rate of 18.9 per thousand of
the estimated population, being a slight increase on last year's
rate.
Deaths and Birth Rate.
Twenty deaths were registered in the district during the last
quarter of the year, and six deaths of residents occurred outside
the district, making a total of twenty-six deaths.
This number added to 81, the total for the previous three
quarters, gives a total for the whole year of 107 deaths, 54 males
and 53 females, and is equal to an annual rate of per
thousand of the estimated population, an increase of the rate for
the previous year.
The County Medical Officer of Health mentions in his
Annual Report for 1912 that the factor for age and sex distribution
for the district is 9699, which makes the corrected death rate
10.7 per thousand.
Particulars respecting the causes of death, together with the
age periods at death, will be found in Table III. attached to this
report.