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1896]
Diarrhœal Diseases caused most deaths in the third quarter.
The periods at which the other classified diseases were most fatal are
shown in the Table.
A very full statement will be found in Table VII. in the appendices
of the four quarterly reports, so that it is not now necessary to recapitulate
them. Moreover, a very full synopsis of the deaths from all
causes in each quarter is given in Table C in the appendix of this
report.
DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
There were 1,026 deaths registered from these diseases, as against
a corrected average of 885 during the preceding eleven years and 639
in the preceding year.
The death-rate was equal to 2.98 per 1,000 of the population, compared
with a rate of 2.57 in the years 1885-95, consequently it was 0.41
in excess of the mean death-rate that obtained during these years.
The chief factors in the disturbance of the death-rate were
Measles, Diphtheria and Whooping Cough, each of which were more
prevalent than usual.