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Causes of Deaths.
The deaths registered during 1908 included—
31 from Measles.
12 „ Scarlet Fever.
7 „ Whooping Cough.
15 „ Diphtheria.
21 „ Diarrhoea.
2 „ Typhoid Fever.
4 „ Puerperal Fever.
50 „ Phthisis.
14 „ Influenza.
22 „ Injuries (self-inflicted or otherwise).
94 „ Lung Complaints.
26 „ Cancer (malignant disease).
4 „ Alcoholism (cirrhosis of liver).
The Zymotic Death Rate is a term commonly
applied to the rates of deaths occurring from the seven
principle zymotic complaints:—Small Pox, Measles,
Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Diarrhoea
and "Fever"; which latter term includes Typhus.
Typhoid (or Enteric) and Puerperal Fevers. During the
year 1908 the deaths from these complaints numbered
92, the Zymotic Death Bate therefore, being 1.5 per
1,000 of population, as compared with 1.6 in 1907, 1.7
in 1906, 0.9 in 1905, 1.5 in 1904, and 1.7 in 1903.
The deaths from Phthisis numbered 50, as against
42 last year, 38 in 1905, 37 in 1904, and 33 in 1903,
The Phthisical Death Rate is, therefore, 0.8 per thousand
of the population, as against 0.7 in 1907, 0.7 in 1906,
0.6 in 1905, 0.7 in 1904, and 0.8 in 1903.
The deaths from Pulmonary Diseases numbered 94,
as against 97 last year, 88 in 1906, 84 in 1905, 126 in
1994, and 61 in 1903. This gives a Death Rate of 1.6,
as against 1.4 in 1907, 1.4 in 1906, 1.5 in 1905, 2.6 in
1904, and 1.4 in 1903.