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Infectious and other Diseases.
Causes of Death.
The causes of death are tabulated in Table IV. of the Local
Government Board series, see page 168, and are set out in
greater detail in Table VI.
Zymotic Mortality.
The table below shows the deaths from the chief zymotic
diseases for the ten years 1895-1904, and the year 1905
respectively. The total number of deaths from these diseases
was 375, a number which is considerably less than the decennial
average, and compares favourably with the totals recorded in
most of the years included in the table. The mortality would
have been one of the lowest in the table had it not been for the
exceptionally high number of deaths from measles. No death
from small-pox occurred in 1905: this and the great and
progressive reduction in the mortality from diphtheria and
enteric fever are the most satisfactory facts recorded in the
table.