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Causes of Deaths.
The deaths registered during 1909 included—
17 from Measles.
10 „ Scarlet Fever.
6 „ Whooping Cough.
18 „ Diphtheria.
16 „ Diarrhœa.
2 „ Typhoid Fever.
2 „ Puerperal Fever.
40 „ Phthisis.
10 „ Influenza.
19 „ Injuries (self-inflicted or otherwise).
97 „ Lung Complaints.
50 „ Cancer (malignant disease).
8 „ 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 1909 the deaths from these complaints numbered
71, the Zymotic Death Rate therefore, being 1.1 per
1,000 of population, as compared with 1.5 in 1908, 1.6
in 1907, 1.7 in 1906, 0.9 in 1905, and 1.5 in 1904.
The deaths from Phthisis numbered 40, as against
50 last year, 51 in 1907, 42 in 1906, 38 in 1905, and 37
in 1904. The Phthisical Death Rate is, therefore, 0.6 per
thousand of the population, as against 0.8 last year. 0 7
in 1907. 0.7 in 1906, 0.6 in 1905, and 0.7 in 1904.
The deaths from Pulmonary Diseases numbered 97,
as against 94 last year, 97 in 1907, 88 in 1906, 84 in
1905, and 126 in 1904. This gives a Death Rate of 1.6,
as against 1.6 last year, l.4 in 1907, 1.4 in 1900, 1.5 in
1905, and 2.6 in 1904.