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In the week that ended on Saturday last, April 23rd,
71 births and 17 deaths were registered in the parish, corresponding
to an annual birth rate of 43.1, and an annual
death rate of 10.3 per thousand inhabitants. The number
of deaths of children under one year of age was 4, and of
persons aged 60 years and upwards 3. The only death
from zymotic disease was one from scarlet fever. There
were 3 deaths from bronchitis, 4 from tubercular disease,
1 from age, and 1 from cancer.
Two inquests were held. One death was a suicidal one
by swallowing phosphor paste. Nineteen notices of infectious
diseases were received. They included 11 of scarlet
fever, 3 of diphtheria, and 5 of erysipelas.
31st May, 1898.
During the five weeks that ended on the 28th day of
May, 267 births and 106 deaths were registered in the
parish. These numbers indicate an annual birth rate of
32.6, and an annual rate of mortality of 12.9 per thousand
of the estimated population. The number of deaths
of children under one year of age was 38, of persons aged
60 years and upwards 18, and of parishioners in outlying
public institutions during the first four weeks of this
period 29.
The total number of deaths from diseases of the zymotic
class was 16, vix.: from measles 7, scarlet fever 1, whooping
cough 7, and diarrhœa 1.