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the other Classes hardly merit any discussion, presenting
as they do the usual characters, and bearing
the usual relations to each other. Neither the exceptionally
high mortality of 1876 from Respiratory diseases,
nor the abnormally low mortality from Heart affections,
occured during the past year. The deaths from Tubercular
disease are fewer than usual. The deaths from
Cancer in this Sub-district are not represented under that
name in the Mortality Table, but are so exceptionally
numerous as to merit prominent notice. No less than 17
deaths were due to Cancer during 1877, or 7 per cent. of
the entire mortality.
Ages of Deceased.—The mortality amongst children
is not so great in this District as in most—81, or
one-third of the total mortality. Epidemic diseases,
Respiratory diseases, Nervous diseases, and Premature
Births, &c., are the most frequent cause of juvenile mortality.
The deaths of persons of great age are numerous.
Fourteen persons of 80 years and upwards died in the
Sub-district, 3 at 80, 3 at 81, 1 at 85, 2 at 86, 3 at 87, 1
at 89, and 1 at 90. The oldest, and six of the others, or
exactly one-half, were females. Eighteen died upwards of
70, of whom also the half were females.
Sickness and Mortality among the Union Poor.—
The amount of this has been exceedingly small; only 47
cases were under treatment, of whom only 5 suffered from
Epidemic disease (two of Small Pox, and three of Diarrhoea).
Six deaths occurred amongst them, giving a percentage of
12—rather a high mortality.
Social Position of the Deceased.— As is to be
expected, the higher classes are proportionately more
numerous in this District, making a total, when combined,
considerably greater than the industrial. The latter class
shows a majority in Epidemic diseases, Tubercular diseases,
and Premature Birth.