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Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
Between the ages of one and five years 323 deaths were
recorded, bo that the deaths of children under the age of five
years numbered 1,015 or 43 per cent, of the total number.
These deaths were equivalent to an annual rate of 49.6 per
1,000 of the population estimated to be living at that age.
Insurance of Infants.
Certificates under the Friendly Societies' Acts were issued
in respect of 630 children under the age of live years, 62 per
cent, of the children dying at this age-period being insured.
Mortality at School Age.
At the ages of 5 to 15 years, which is approximately the
school period of life, there were 72 deaths, or 3 per cent, of
those at all ages, representing a mortality of 2.3 per 1,000 of
those living at that age.
Mortality at Adolescence.
Between the ages of 15 and 25 years, 113 deaths, or 4.8
per cent, of the total number, were recorded; the rate of
mortality being 4.0 per 1,000.
Mortality at Maturity.
721, or 32.5 per cent., of the deaths occurred between the
ages of 25 and 65, the mortality at this age-period being at
the rate of 9.8 per 1,000.
Mortality at Decline.
At the age of 65 and upward 443 deaths were registered,
or 18.8 per cent, of those at all ages, corresponding to a death
rate of 90.5.