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by district registrars calling regularly at the District Rural Committee Offices, and deaths are reported to the local police stations.
During 1957 97,834 births and 19,365 deaths were registered as compared with 96,746 births and 19,295 deaths in 1956. 134,954 birth certificates were issued as against 96,378 in 1956.
Adoptions. An Adopted Children Register is maintained at the General Register Office under the Adoption Ordin- ance, 1956. The first entry was made in the Register on 22nd July, 1957, and at the end of the year the number of adoptions registered totalled 29.
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