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Tuberculous.
The mortality from Tubercular Diseases is dealt with in Section
"D" of this Report.
Child Mortality.
The deaths of children under five years of age are referred to in
Section "E" and those of infants are set out in detail in Table III.,
page 49.
Violent Deaths (exc udmg Suicide).
14 deaths were classified under this heading as compared with
24 in 1917. Of these 5 were due to falls; 3 to injuries caused by
being knocked down and run over by vehicles; 2 to drowning; 1
under anesthetic; 1 to coal gas poisoning, and 2 were due to explosion
of bombs dropped from enemy aircraft.
Suicide.
10 persons committed suicide as compared with 7 in 1917. In 1
case death was due to cutting of the throat; 1 from wounds inflicted
with a piece of glass; 1 from poisoning; 1 to bullet wounds from a
pistol; 2 from hanging; 2 from drowning; 1 irom fall from window
and 1 from coal gas poisoning.
Influenza.
During 1918 no less than 162 deaths of persons belonging to
Harapstead were directly attributed to Influenza. This number is
equivalent to 15.8 per cent, of the nett deaths, and is mainly responsible
for our comparatively high death-rate of last year. No other one
disease was responsible for so many deaths, for it must be remembered
that ind rectly many other deaths were properly attributable to this
cause. As the disease is not notifiable, it is' not possible accurately to
state what dimensions the epidemic assumed, but that it was widespread
and general is evi lent from the information obtained, and is corroborated
in some measure by the distribution of deaths in the various
wards when the various populations are remembered.