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deaths at all ages belonging to the district are 142,
and the corrected death rate for the year 1905 is
therefore 8.4.
Zymotic Diseases.—The deaths from the seven
chief epidemic diseases, which are Small-pox,
Measles, Scarlet-fever, Diphtheria, Whooping-cough,
Typhus and Enteric or Typhoid Fever, and
Diarrhoea are only four, namely, one from Scarletfever,
one from Whooping-cough, and two from
Diarrhoea. This mortality constitutes, I believe, the
lowest recorded during my experience, and the death
rate is only 0.23 as against 1.52 for England and
Wales.
Births.—The total number of births registered
in 1905 were 321, which gives a birth rate of 18'9
for the year. Notwithstanding the increase of population,
and the amount of building for the last three
years, the number of births shows a considerable
decrease. The births for 1903-4-5 are respectively
351, 347, and 321, and the rate of 18.9 compares
with 27.2 for England and Wales.

Of these, 314 were legitimate and 7 illegitimate.
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