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from 80 to 99 years, one woman dying at 94 and
a man dying at 99 years.
There were 20 deaths from violence, 12 being
by accident (including an infant suffocated by
overlaying); one murder; seven suicides (three
by poisoning, two by drowning, and two by being
run over by railway trains).
Infantile Mortality.
The total number of deaths occurring among
infants under one year old was 156, giving a
death-rate of 111.42 per 1000 births. The corresponding
figures for the last three years were:—
1906, 105.7; 1907, 116.6, and 1908, 90.14.
The chief causes of death during the year
under review were:—Premature birth (28), debility
(24), bronchitis (18), diarrhoea (17), pneumonia
(12), and convulsions (12).
The deaths for the last 10 years will be found
in Table 1.
Table 2 gives the vital statistics for the
district for 1909 and the previous 10 years.
Table 3 shows the cases of infectious disease
notified during the year.
Table 4 gives the various causes of death at
all ages, and Table 5 those under one year.