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48
Zymotic
Mortality.
The deaths from this class of disease
were 234, of which 105 were males and 129
females, and are 17 less than those of the previous year.
The greatest fatality was from Whooping-cough,
Diarrhoea, and Measles, which collectively gave 200
of the total number. There is compared with last
year an increase in Whooping-cough, Measles, and a
decrease in Diarrhoea, Typhoid Fever, Child-bed Fever,
Scarlet Fever, and Diptheria.
From Fevers other than Scarlet and Measles there
were 19 deaths, classified as follows:—
Typhoid or Enteric 9
Puerperal 10
19
Of the total number 108 were under 1, 88 from 1 to 5
years of age, 13 from 5 to 20, and 25 from 20 upwards.
No less than 196 of the total 234 were under 5 years
of age.
The following table contrasts all deaths from Zymotic
causes during the past 10 years; also the death rate:—

Other causes
of Death
than Zymotic.
From these classes 1161 deaths were
returned being 93 in excess of those of
last year. There were 212 from Bronchitis;