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Causes of Deaths.
The deaths in 1914 included:—
2 from Measles.
8 ,, Scarlet Fever.
7,, Whooping Cough.
17 ,, Diphtheria.
24 „ Diarrhæa and Enteritis.
102 „ Lung Complaints.
2 ,, Puerperal Fever.
36 ,, Phthisis.
69 ,, Cancer (malignant disease).
8 ,, Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of Liver.
22 ,, Injuries (self-inflicted or otherwise).
The Zymotic Death Rate is a term commonly applied
to the rates of deaths occurring from the seven principal
zymotic complaints:—Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever,
Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Diarrhæa, and "Fever";
which latter term includes Typhus, Typhoid (or Enteric), and
Puerperal Fevers. During the year 1914 the deaths from
these complaints numbered 55, the Zymotic Death Rate,
therefore, being 0.8 per 1,000 of population, as against
1.04 in 1913, 0,6 in 1912, 2.0 in 1911, 1.1 in 1910.
The deaths from Phthisis numbered 36, as against 38 in
1913, 46 in 1912, 46 in 1911, 46 in 1910. The Phthisical
Death Rate is, therefore, 0.8 per thousand of population, as
against 0.6 in 1913, 0.7 in 1912, 0.7 in 1911, 0.7 in 1910.
The deaths from Pulmonary Diseases numbered 102, as
against 89 in 1913, 65 in 1912, 91 in 1911, 93 in 1910.
This gives a Death Rate of T5, as against 1.07 in 1913, 1.0 in
1912, 1.4 in 1911, 1.4 in 1910.