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Infant Mortality.—The mortality of infants and
young children, from birth up to the age of ten years, shews
a much higher rate than prevailed in the preceding year,
presenting a difference of 30, the numbers being 239 in
1874, and 269 in 1875.
This infant mortality is much to be regretted. An
explanation of many of its causes, I have frequently
attempted in former reports, and to these I must refer
the reader.
Senile Mortality is also high, which is more satisfactory,
yet not so high as in some former years. In the
past year there were as many as 125 deaths of elderly
persons whose ages ranged from GO to 89 years.
Of persons dying exclusively of old age, there were
29, three of whom had reached the advanced age of 92
years.
General Mortality.—The death·rate for the past
year, determined by the same calculation as that which
has been hitherto adopted, was 18·21 per 1000 persons
living on an average during the year. The estimated
population at the middle of the year having been 30,088.
The Mortality amongst the Industrial Poor of this
parish continues high, there having been 371 deaths
amongst this class, all other classes of the community
yielding but 177 deaths. Of the 371 deaths above named,
there were 75 persons whose ages ranged from 60 to 89
years, whilst among all those who lived in better circumstances
there were only 50 deaths at the same ages.
In order to ascertain the amount of sickness, as well
as that of the mortality amongst the Union Poor, Table V. of
the Appendix may be consulted. It is here shown that
during the past year 835 cases of sickness, accident, &c.,
were treated and that there were 45 resulting deaths.
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