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The following table gives, as usual, facilities for comparing the relative
mortality from certain classes of disease and proportion to 1,000 deaths from
all causes. In the fourth column will also be found the average rate for the
month of January for 5 years (1890-5) :—
TABLE i.
SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE 5 WEEKS
ENDING JANUARY 25th, 1896, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE
AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES:—
Total
Deaths.
5 weeks
ending
Jan. 25th,
1896.
Proportion
of the deaths
to 1,000
deaths from
all causes.
5 weeks
ending
Jan. 25, 1896.
Rate per
1,000 of the
population.
Mean rates
per 1,000
during 5
years
1890-1895.
1. Deaths from the chief Zymotic
Diseases
52
194
3.79
2.90
2. Pulmonary, other than Phthisis
73
272
5.33
11.08
3. Tubercular
39
145
2.85
2.93
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants
11
41
0.80
1.13
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants
12
45
0.87
0.64
NOTES.
1, includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Erysipelas,
Croup, Fever, Influenza, and Diarrhoea.
3, includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4, includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility. Want of Breast Milk,and-Preniature Birth.
5, includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething.
The table shows that fatal Zymotic disease is a little above the average, but fatal
Chest complaints far below the average.