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mortality of 14.8 per thousand of the estimated
population. The corresponding death rate in
London was 16.4
Zymotic diseases caused 6 deaths, viz.: diphtheria
1 and diarrhoea 5.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there
were 6 deaths, including 13 from bronchitis and 10
from pneumonia.
Diseases of the tubercular order caused 10 deaths,
viz. : phthisis 5 and meningitis 5,
There were 2 deaths from old age, 5 from heart
disease, and 3 from apoplexy.
The number of deaths of children under 1 year
of age was 34, and of persons aged 60 years and
upwards 13.
Five inquests were held and 2 deaths were
uncertified.
The notifications of infectious diseases received
from October 13th to November 2nd were 52, viz.:
of scarlet fever 37, scarlet fever and diphtheria 1,
enteric fever 3, erysipelas 5, diphtheria 6. The
fact of there being 37 cases of scarlet fever without
a single fatal case indicates a very mild form of the
disease.