﻿NO. I NATIVES OF KHARGA OASIS HRDLICKA IO, 



Egyptians of the principal towns and for the seven years from 1901 

 to 1907, 43.4 per 1000 population. 1 



The large birth-rate at the Oasis indicates, outside of its significant 

 relation to that of the Valley, two interesting conditions. It shows 

 that the people are very prolific, notwithstanding the seemingly un- 

 favorable factors of poor nourishment, the Oasis climate, the pre- 

 valent seclusion of the women, the very early marriages, with con- 

 siderable intermarriage. It also shows that the people are well 

 acclimatized to the locality, and suggests that the latter is probably 

 not as unhealthful as unattractive. 



The death-rate of the Oasis is also high when compared with that 

 of the more civilized countries of white man. But it is not much 

 higher than in those regions of Europe where the birth-rate is equally 

 or nearly as high as it is at the Oasis, and is almost identical with 

 that of Egypt as a whole. 



The similarity of birth-rate and death-rate, and hence of natural 

 increase in population, between the Oasis people and the rest of the 

 Egyptians, is a fact of considerable importance. It indicates 

 strongly a fundamental similarity of environmental and social con- 

 ditions, and also a probable close similarity, at the present time at 

 least, of the ethnic elements in the two regions. 



The birth and death statistics afford also a closer insight into the 

 proportion of sexes at the Oasis. During the 1905-08 period, cov- 

 ered by the detailed data, the proportion of males to females at birth 

 and death has been as follows : 



SEX RATE AT THE KHARGA OASIS 



Sex rate at birth Sex rate at death 



Year Villages (Females = 100) (Females = ioo) 



1905 Kharga and Gennah districts... 104 104.5 



1906 Kharga and Gennah districts... 104.7 109.9 



1907 All districts, near 98 101.8 



1908 All districts, near 98 101.8 



Evidently the relation of males to females, both born and died, 

 differs to quite an extent from year to year, and also the same year 



1 Birth-rate pei i,oco in the Death-rate per ioo in the Natural Increase per 



Year principal towns of Egypt principal towns of Egypt 1,000 population 



1901 42.3 333 9-0 



1902 42.7 36.7 6.0 



1903 42.5 32.0 10.5 



1904 44-i 38.2 5-9 



1905 43-8 34-2 9-6 



1906 447 33-9 IO - 8 



1907 43-7 36.7 7-0. 



Average 43-4 35-0 8.4 



" Births and Deaths in the Principal Towns of Egypt During the Years 

 1901-1906 (and 1907)," Fol. Cairo, I907-'o8. 



