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now, calculating upon, and proves how greatly the ratio
of increase in the decennial period, 1871-81, exceeded
that of the period 1861-71. Even the estimate formed
upon the rate of births (though a much more reliable
method of arriving at the population) fell somewhat
short of the actual numbers. Deducting, as we have
to do, three quarters of a year's increase from the
above figures, we find that the population of this
sub-district, in the middle of the year 1880, was
12,938.
Births and Birth-rate.—The birth-register during
1880 contains 348 entries, of which 163 were males and
185 females. This shows an increase of 21 upon 1879.
The birth-rate was 27.3 per 1,000, or 1 birth in every 37
persons.
Deaths and death-rate.— The deaths registered
during the year 1880 numbered 177, 85 of males, and 92
of females. [In 1879, 179, and in 1878, 186 were
registered.] This number is less by 3 than that
given by the Registrar-General in his annual summary
for 1880 (p. xxxii.). The inaccuracy of his figures arose
from the fact that the local Registrar had registered
three deaths a second time, the mistake occurring in
different weeks, and therefore unobserved by the clerks
at Somerset House. The death-rate was 13.6 per
1,000.