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were 3 deaths from phthisis. There were 2 deaths
from heart disease and 2 from apoplexy.
The number of deaths of children under 1 year
of age was 3, and of persons aged 60 years and
upwards 6.
Seven inquests were held. Two deaths were
referred to violence, 1 to accidental suffocation in
bed, and 1 " found drowned."
The notifications of infectious diseases numbered
11. They were of scarlet fever 7, diphtheria 3, and
erysipelas 1.
In the week that ended on the 11th day of
January, the births in the parish numbered 52, and
the deaths 23. The corresponding birth rate was
31·9, and the death rate 143·1 per thousand
inhabitants.
Zymotic diseases caused 6 deaths, viz.: measles
3, scarlet fever 2, and diphtheria 1.
Two inquests were held. Six deaths of
parishioners occurred in outlying institutions.
Eleven cases of infectious diseases were notified;
they were of smallpox 2, scarlet fever 7, diphtheria
1, erysipelas 2, and typhoid fever 2.