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Zymotic Dieases.—Four more deaths from the Zymotic
class of diseases occurred in the past year than in the
preceding one. Notwithstanding this the Sub-district,
in respect of its epidemic tendencies, continues to compare
favourably with that of the entire District, the rate of
mortality from these diseases being 19 per cent. of the
deaths from all cases.
Amongst this class of diseases the deaths due to
Scarlatina, Fever, and Diarrhoea, show a slight increase
compared with the previous year, whilst Measles, Diphtheria,
and Croup show, on a similar comparison, a considerable
decrease. The difference in the aggregate of
deaths from Zymotic maladies in the past year compared
with 1869, will be seen to be 36 against 40.
To Small Pox, as in the previous year, no deaths were
registered as being due, the few cases that came under
treatment appearing to have been. very successfully
treated. The Vaccination Act too, seems to have been
complied with more generally than in some former years;
but there is still much to amend in this measure to insure
perfect obedience to the requirements of its compulsory
clauses.
Other Diseases.—The registered deaths due to the
several non-zymotic maladies enumerated in the Table,
from class 2 to 15, were only 3 more than in 1869, the
diseases of the respiratory organs showing by far the
highest figures, but numbering one more only than was
noted in the previous year. The deaths from diseases of
the brain and nerves were slightly less than in the
previous year. The same may be said of the deaths from
maladies of the digestive organs, and from those due to
premature birth, low vitality, malformation, &c. There
were 14 persons registered as having died of old age,
which is 4 more than appears in the Table of 1869; of
these 14 deaths, 5 succumbed at various ages between 60
and 80, and 9 at upwards of 80, the oldest person had
reached the age of 90 at the time of death, and 2 others
of 89 years.