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In 1890 there were 126 snch deaths, in 1891 139 deaths, in 1892
112, so that those in 1893 are in excess of those in 1892.
In Class VI., including the deaths from Laryngitis and Croup,
there will be found to be 168 deaths, 83 of which were in the Dockyard
Registration Sub-District, and 85 in the Arsenal Registration
Sub-District.
In 1891 there were 208 of such deaths, in 1892 there were 188.
In previous reports I have laid stress upon the importance of the
statistical evidence of the mortality from consumption, and
pointed out that as this indicates a high or low mortality, so a far
more accurate idea of the healthiness or unhealthiness of a place can
be obtained than perhaps from any other source.
It is greatly to be regretted that in the past attention has not been
given to this subject, and measures enforced for the prevention and
the remedy of dampness in the houses of the district.
I would again seriously impress upon the notice of the Sanitary
Authority the necessity for the adoption of prompt and adequate
measures to remedy this evil wherever found.
Sex mortality. Of the total deaths in the Arsenal Registration SubDistrict,
there were 229 males and 218 females, in the Dockyard
Registration Sub-District 217 males and 184 females, or in other
words, of the 848 total deaths, 446 were of males, and 402 of females.
145 deaths were of persons over 65 years of age.
Births and Birth Rate.
The number of births registered during the year was
1312 as against 1236 in 1892, 1336 in 1891, and 1241 in
1890. Of these births 26 were registered as illegitimate. The birthrate
is therefore 31.3.
Marriages.
There have been 614 marriages registered during the year,
as against 599 in 1892, 524 in 1891, and 476 in 1890.
Inquests and Suicides.
There have been 62 inquests. There have been 6 cases
of suicide, viz., 2 from cut throat, and 1 each by drowning,
hanging, shooting, and being run over by train.