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Table C (III) relates to Water Supply and Water
Service, Closet-accommodation, Drains, Cesspools, Sewers
and Ash-pits.
Table C (IV) deals with Disinfection, Dust
Collecting, Dampness, Contagious Diseases of animals and
sundry other nuisances, such as overcrowding, &c.
Population.
The Vital Statistics are calculated on an estimated
population 22,000. The population at the time of the
Census of 1891 was 16,026, Census 1901, 20,991. As
nearly as can be computed the number of inhabited houses
was 4,400.
Births.
During the year there were 596 births, 309 were
males and 287 were females, giving a birth rate of 27 04
per 1000.
The total number of births for 1897 was 495
,, ,, 1898 ,, 466
„ 1899 „ 521
1900 „ 531
1901 »» 576
Deaths.
Although there has been an estimated increase or
1,000 in population since the census of 1901, the number