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From this Table it appears that 240 deaths were registered
from the seven principal Zymotic diseases, that four persons out of
every 1,000 of the population died from them, and that of every
1,000 deaths registered in the District during the year, 157 were
occasioned by diseases of that class. We find also that 301 deaths
were due to Pulmonary diseases (Phthisis excepted), that five of
every 1,000 persons living died of such diseases, and that of every
1,000 deaths 198 were produced by them. Tubercular diseases
killed 188 persons during the year : diseases of this class were fatal
to 3 in every 1,000 of the population, and of every 1,000 deaths
124 were due to them. One hundred and twenty-four is the number
of deaths registered from Wasting Diseases of Infants: this
number indicates that diseases of this class killed 2 in every 1,000
persons living, and that of 1,000 deaths 81 were the result of such
diseases. Convulsive Diseases of Infants caused 168 deaths; they
were fatal to 3 in every 1,000 of the population, and of every 1,000
deaths 110 were due to them.