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respiratory organs caused 2 deaths, those of the tubercular
order 3, age 2, cancer 2, and heart disease 3.
Three inquests were held. Two deaths were due to
violence, one being a case of suicide by hanging and the
other a person found drowned. Three deaths were uncertified.
Two of these were referred to premature birth and
one to deficient vitality.
Fourteen notifications of infectious diseases were received,
viz.: 6 of scarlet fever, 5 of diphtheria, and 3 of
erysipelas.
In the week that ended on July 9th 55 births and 14
deaths were registered in the parish. These figures indicate
an annual birth rate of 33.6, and an annual death
rate of 8.5 per thousand inhabitants. The deaths of infants
during the first year of life numbered 7, and those of
persons aged more than 60 years 2.
Zymotic diseases caused 6 deaths, viz.: measles 2, whooping
cough 2, and diarrhœa 2.
The only death from disease of the respiratory organs
was one from bronchitis.
Tubercular diseases caused 2 deaths and old age 2.
One death, referred to convulsions, was uncertified.
Fourteen notices of infectious diseases were received.
They were of scarlet fever 7, diphtheria 1, erysipelas 4, and
typhoid fever 2.