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Chart A shows deaths from all causes recorded weekly
and the seasonal effect with regard to Infantile Diarrhoea and
diseases of the Respiratory Group.
Table 10 shows the total deaths in 12 classes registered in
each quarter, from which it will be seen that deaths from
diseases of the respiratory organs, were the highest during
the first and fourth quarters of the year and infective diseases
during the third quarter.
Mortality in relation to Age.—The periods of life in
which the highest mortality occurred are shown in Table 4.
The number of deaths occurring under the age of one year
amounted to 26.21 per cent. of the total deaths at all ages, an
analysis of which will be found under the head of Infantile
Mortality.
The relation of age periods to mortality from zymotic
diseases are set out in Table 18. Of the 197 deaths 92.9 per
cent. occurred among children under five years of age. The
distribution of zymotic deaths in ward localities appears in
Table 16.