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an annual birth rate of 25.2, and an annual death
rate of 16.6 per thousand inhabitants.
The number of deaths of children under 1 year of
age was 8, and of persons aged 60 years and
upwards 3.
There were 2 deaths from whooping cough and 1
from diarrhoea.
Diseases of the respiratory system caused 6 deaths,
viz.: bronchitis 1 and pneumonia 5.
From diseases of the tubercular order there were
5 deaths, viz. : from phthisis 3, tabes mesenterica 1,
and tuberculosis 1. The other causes of deaths
included 3 from apoplexy, 1 from cancer and 1 from
Addison's disease.
Four inquests were held. There were 3 deaths of
infants from accidental suffocation in bed, and 1 death
from heart disease.
Seven cases of infectious diseases were notified;
they were puerperal fever 1, enteric fever 1, and
scarlet fever 5.
May 27th, 1895.
During the week that ended on the 18th day of
May, 63 births and 30 deaths were registered in the