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The chief zymotic diseases caused 13 deaths, viz. : —
measles 10, and scarlet fever, diphtheria, and whooping
cough, each 1.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there were 14
deaths, viz.:—from bronchitis 9, and from pneumonia 5.
Diseases of the tubercular order caused 10 deaths, viz. :—
phthisis 8, and meningitis 2.
Two inquests were held, and 2 deaths were uncertified.
The number of deaths in children under one year of age
was 10, and in persons of 60 years of age and upwards, 8.
Up to this period the parish has been very healthy, but we
may expect a considerable increase in the mortality arising
from the inclement weather, the effects of which will continue
to affect the death rate for some weeks to come.