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diseases in 1S66, will have been in excess of those of 1865
by as many as 66—the difference being more particularly
observable under Measles, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough,
and Choleraic disease.
Mortality from ordinary diseases (not Zymotic) and
other causes.—The above table also shews, that under
almost every form of ordinary disease there was an excess
of deaths in 1866 over the numbers registered in 1865.
In the aggregate it will be found that the deaths during
the past year due to the non-epidemic class of diseases
exceeded those of the previous one by 130. The number
dying of Tubercular Disease was likewise very great.
From Pulmonary Phthisis alone there were as many as 84
deaths. The excess of deaths from all causes of the past
over the previous year is 229.
The deaths from violence and from causes apart from
actual disease, numbered also a great many. There were
37 Coroner's Inquests held in the Sub-district during the
past year, in six of which only were the deaths found to
have been “natural." At the remaining 31 inquests, 6
persons were found to have been struck down by locomotives
on the railways that intersect this parish, 8
received mortal injuries from falls and other accidents, 5
were accidentally drowned, 2 appear to have committed
suicide by immersion in the water, 6 were found dead in
the water and elsewhere, under circumstances of greater or
less suspicion, 2 deaths were due to burns and scalds, 1 to
want and privation, and in one case a verdict of manslaughter
against some person or persons unknown was
returned.
Ages at Death, &c.—The mortality of young persons
under 10 years of age has, I regret to report, considerably
increased. Of the 1,002 deaths, as many as 600, or
greatly more than one half, were of children varying in
age from a few hours after birth to 10 years, a large
number (206) being of infants who had not reached the
first year of their existence.
This great mortality amongst infants and children is
very characteristic of a large labouring population, amongst