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62
deaths from 7 principal infectious diseases.
Year
Enteric Fever
Small Pox
Measles
Scarlet Fever
Whooping
Cough
Diphtheria
Diarrhœa and
Enteritis
(under 2 years)
Total
No. of
Deaths
Rate
No. of
Deaths
Rate
No. of
Deaths
Rate
No. of
Deaths
Rate
No. of
Deaths
Rate
No. of
Deaths
Rate
No. of
Deaths
Rate
No. of
Deaths
Rate
1902
11
0.10
30
0.26
58
0.53
18
0.17
36
0.32
18
0.17
38
0.67
209
2.22
1903
4
0.03
—
—
72
0.64
23
0.20
47
0.42
45
0.40
42
0.64
233
2.33
1904
3
0.02
—
—
73
0.64
11
0.09
49
0.43
16
0.14
112
0.98
264
2.30
1905
6
0.05
—
—
16
0.13
9
0.07
18
0.15
9
0.07
84
0.73
142
1.20
1906
6
0.05
—
—
71
0.61
16
0.13
61
0.52
18
0.15
146
1.26
318
2.7 2
1907
5
0.04
—
—
55
0.47
13
0.11
35
0.30
26
0.22
20
0.18
154
1.32
1908
6
0.05
—
—
33
0.28
6
0.05
25
0.21
10
0.08
82
0.70
162
1.37
1909
6
0.05
—
—
66
0.55
13
O.11
47
0.40
16
0.13
46
0.39
194
1.63
1910
4
0.03
—
—
60
0.50
3
0.03
44
0.37
12
O.lO
82
0.68
205
171
1911
2
0.02
—
—
67
0.61
7
0.06
35
0.32
15
0.14
172
1.57
298
272
Average for
103 ears.
5
0.04
3
0.03
57
0.50
12
0.l0
39
0.34
18
0.16
82
0.78
218
1 .95
1912
2
0.02
-
-
28
0.26
6
0.05
24
0.22
11
O.lO
28
0.26
99
0.91
* The deaths under this heading for the years 1902 to 1910 refer only to those certified to be due to epidemic or summer
diarrhoea, or epidemic, zymotic or infective enteritis.
For 1911 and 1912, deaths frcm Gastro enteritis, Gastro.intestinal Catarrh, Muco.enteritis, Colitis, &c., are also included.