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gestion 1. Tubercular diseases caused 8 deaths, viz.:
phthisis 5, tabes mesenterica 1, and inflammatory
tubercle of bowels 2.
The number of deaths of children under 1 year of
age was 14, and of persons aged 60 years and
upwards 3.
There were no inquests. Four deaths were
uncertified.
The notifications of infectious diseases were of
scarlet fever 3, of diphtheria 3, and of enteric fever 1.
In the 13 weeks of the quarter ending March 30th,
90 1 births and 454 deaths were registered, which
correspond to an annual birth rate of 42.6, and an
annual death rate of 21.4. The deaths of children in
the first year of life numbered 124. Only 9 deaths
were recorded from the chief zymotic diseases. 36
Inquests were held and 14 deaths were uncertified.
In the week ending April 13th, the births numbered
51, and the deaths 23, indicating an annual
birth rate of 31.3, and an annual death rate of 41.1
per thousand inhabitants. Six children died in the
first year of life, and 4 persons at an age exceeding
60 years. There was only 1 death from zymotic