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Notes.—(a.) The deaths of residents occurring beyond the limits of the district are to be included in
this Table, and deaths of non-residents occurring in the district are to be excluded.
See note on Table VII. as to moaning of "Residents" and "Non-residents."
(b.) Deaths of residents occurring in public institutions are to be allotcd to the respective
localities according to the addresses of the deceased as given by the Registrars, and,
in addition, to be classified under "Public Institutions."
(c.) Under the heading of "Diarrhœa" are to be included deaths certified as from diarrhoea,
alone or in combination with some other cause of ill-defined nature; and also
deaths certified as from—
Epidemic Enteritis;
Zymotic Enteritis;
Epidemic Diarrhoea. Summer Diarrhoea ;
Dysentery and Dysenteric Diarrhoea;
Choleraic Diarrhoea, Cholera, Cholera Nostras (in the absence of Asiatic Cholera).
Under the heading of "Enteritis" are to be included those certified as from Gastro-enteritis, Mucoonteritis
and Gastric Catarrh, unless from information obtained by enquiry from the certifying
practitioner or otherwise, the Medical Officer of Health should have reason for including such
deaths, especially those of infants, under the specific term "Diarrhœa."
Deaths from Diarrhoea secondary to some other well-defined disease should be included under the latter.
In recording the facts under the various headings of Tables VII., VIII., IX. and X., attention has
been given to the noles on the Tables.