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that of the females. The cases in which inquests
were held numbered 109, including 37 from violent
causes. Fifty-nine deaths were uncertified, the
majority of these being infants.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
From the chief diseases of the zymotic class 222
deaths were registered in the Parish; 29 in the first
quarter, 49 in the second quarter, 88 in the third
quarter, and 56 in the last quarter. The number of
deaths from measles was 36, from scarlet fever, 14,
from diphtheria the unprecedented number of 60,
from whooping cough, 41, from fever, 5, from
diarrhoea, 64, and from infantile cholera, 2. In
addition to these there were in the hospitals, 4
deaths from small-pox, 16 from scarlet fever, 20
from diphtheria, including membranous croup, 5
from whooping ccugh, 4 from enteric fever, and 4
from diarrhoea. The total zymotic death-rate was
3.2 ; within the boundaries of the Parish it was 2 .6.
In the class of septic diseases there were 6 deaths
of infants from congenital syphilis, and 4 deaths
from erysipelas. This is a very small proportion to
the 190 cases notified, and seems to point out that
many such cases are of a minor character, and it is
very doubtful whether they are properly classed as
infectious diseases.
Three women died from puerperal septicaemia.
There was 1 death from anthrax in the hospital.
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