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It is satisfactory to find that whilst there has been a
decided increase of deaths over those registered in 1865,
in respect to Small Pox, Whooping Cough, Croup, Fever
and Choleraic Disease, there has been a considerable
decrease in the mortality from Measles, Scarlatina, and
Diphtheria during the past year.
The deaths due to diseases of the Respiratory Organs
are, I regret to say, just double those registered in 1865,
the tables of the two reports exhibiting an increase from
20 in 1865 to 40 in the past year. There is some increase
also in the deaths from Tubercular Disease, for to Phthisis
alone 16 persons succumbed during 1866.
I have before remarked that this Sub-district has been
long noted for the longevity of its inhabitants; we accordingly
find that 13 persons died in the past year
of old age alone, several of whom were bordering on 80
years, and about an equal number over that age, one
female having reached the advanced period of life of 100
years.
Of the deaths of children, I regret to say I cannot
report so favourably as I was enabled to do in 1865; for
it will be seen by a reference to the following table that
as many as 65 between birth and 10 years of age died in
1866, which is 18 above the mortality registered in the
previous year. I must now refer to the table itself to
show that many other note-worthy facts and circumstances
may be gathered from it having no slight bearing upon
the present sanitary condition of the Sub-district.