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16
This is the lowest number which has been recorded since
1893, when the population was only 28,000, the average being 20
for the past 10 years.
The small number of deaths from this disease may probably
be accounted for by the coolness of the summer.
Erysipelae
Forty-six cases of this complaint were notified, and 3 deaths
registered, against 52 cases and no deaths last year, and 40 cases
and 3 deaths in 1900.
Whooping
Cougb.
There were 17 deaths registered from whooping cough, as
against 13 last year, and 5 in 1900. Eleven of the deaths were
under 1 year of age, 4 between the ages of 1 and 5, and 2 between
the ages of 5 and 15.
Influenza.
Influenza was the cause of six deaths, 2 occurring in February,
3 in March, and 1 in December.
Tuberculosis
Thirty-three deaths occurred from phthisis and other forms
of tuberculosis, against 43 last year, and 25 in 1900. From Table
7 it will be seen that 75 per cent, of the deaths occurred between
the ages of 25 and 55.