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and it appears to me that the Registrar is the
most likely authority to whom this duty should
be entrusted as he should be best able to obtain
correct information from relatives, etc., at
the time of registration.
The Death rate for the year is 10.08, and
the average for the years 1898-1908 is 10.4.
Table I. shows these details in the succession
of years.
Births. The births this year are 385 and
are the highest in point of numbers during the
last 10 years. The birth-rate is 20.5 the same
exactly as the average for the 10 years preceding
and comparing with 26.6 for England and Wales.
The following table shows how and where these
births are distributed and the proportion of the
sexes. There were 375 legitimate births and 11
illegitimate though one of these latter was never
registered as a birth, but its death was the occasion
of an inquest and was registered in accordance
with the verdict.
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