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Causes of Deaths.
The deaths registered in 1910 included—
5 from Measles.
12 ,, Scarlet Fever.
6 ,, Whooping Cough.
21 ,, Diphtheria.
26 ,, Diarrhœa.
93 ,, Lung Complaints.
3 „ Puerperal Fever.
46 ,, Phthisis.
23 ,, Injuries (self-inflicted or otherwise).
33 ,, Cancer (malignant disease).
6 ,, 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, Diarrhœa
and "Fever"; which latter term includes Typhus
Typhoid (or Enteric) and Puerperal Fevers. During the
year 1910 the deaths from these complaints numbered
71, the Zymotic Death Rate therefore, being 1.1 per
1,000 of population, as against 1.1 in 1909, 1.5 in
1908, 1.6 in 1907, 1.7 in 1906, and 0.9 in 1905.
The deaths from Phthisis numbered 46, as against
40 in 1909, 50 in 1908, 51 in 1907, 42 in 1906, and 38
in 1905. The Phthisical Death Rate is, therefore, 0.7 per
thousand of population, as against 06 last year, 0.8 in
1908, 0.7 in 1907, 0.7 in 1906, and 0 6 in 1905.
The deaths from Pulmonary Diseases numbered 93,
as against 97 last year, 94 in 1908, 97 in 1907, 88 in
1906, and 84 in 1905. This gives a Death Rate of 1.4,
as against 16 last year, 1.6 in 1908, 1.4 in 1907, 1.4 in
1906, and l.5 in 1905.