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Zymotic
Mortality.
The deaths from this class of disease were
256, of which 122 were males and 131 females,
and are 90 more than those of the previous year. The
greatest fatality was from Whooping-cough, Diarrhoea,
Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Measles, which collectively
gave 231 of the total number.
From Fevers other than Scarlet and Measles there
were 23 deaths, classified as follows;—
Typhoid or Enteric 14
Puerperal 9
23
Of the total number 93 were under 1, 99 from 1 to 5
years of age, 39 from 5 to 25, and 24 from 20 upwards.
No less than 192 of the total 256 were under 5 years
of age, again showing the ages most susceptible to this
class of disease.
The following table contrasts all deaths from zymotic
causes during the past 10 years ; also the death rate:—