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to want of proper warmth in dwelling and sleeping
apartments, and want of warm clothing out doors.
At the same time it is very obvious from the death
returns that it is principally amongst old people and
children who suffer from the periodical return of
cold during the Autumn and Winter Seasons of the
year. I showed in my return however for 1864
that the excessive mortality of that year was due to
the exceptional cold of the winter of 1863-4, and
that the excessive deaths of that year did not fall
exclusively on the young and aged, but upon those
who were in the middle period of life. It thus
appears that those who have to look after themselves
are more likely to suffer than those who are looked
after by others. What was true of 1864 I believe
to be true of 1870. The following tables shew this:
Ages of Death in 1869.
Under i Year.
| Above 1 and
under 5.
Above 6 and
under 20.
Above 20 and
under 40.
Above 40 and
under 60.
Above 60.
Total.
First Quarter .
64
23
12
29
44
48
220
Second Quarter
55
32
9
27
30
54
207
Third Quarter .
53
27
10
25
27
22
164
Third Quarter .
46
32
20
28
36
36
198
Total
218
114
51
109
137
160
789