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Tubercular diseases caused 7 deaths, viz. : phthisis
3, meningitis 2, and tabes mesenterica 2.
The other causes of death included cancer 2, age 1,
Bright's disease 1, and apoplexy 1.
One inquest was held. Death due to natural causes.
The number of deaths of parishioners in public
institutions was 5.
Fifteen cases of infectious diseases were reported.
They were of scarlet fever 10, diphtheria 1, erysipelas
2, and enteric fever 2.
In the week that ended on the 28th December,
40 births and 37 deaths were registered in the parish.
These numbers are equivalent to an annual birth rate
of 24·5, and an annual death rate of 22·7.
The number of deaths of children under 1 year of
age was 9, and of persons aged 60 years and
upwards 4.
Zymotic diseases caused 8 deaths, measles 7, and
enteric fever 1.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there were
9 deaths, viz. : from bronchitis 3, pneumonia 5, and
laryngitis 1.