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Seasonal Mortality.
In the first quarter of the year the deaths numbered 710
„ „ second quarter „ „ „ „ „ 472
„ „ third quarter „ „ „ „ „ 379
„ „ fourth quarter „ „ „ „ 555
ANALYSIS OF CAUSES OF DEATH.
Zymotic Diseases.—The total number of deaths due to
zymotic diseases was 150, compared with 130 in the previous
year, and the death-rate from these diseases was 0.91 per 1,000,
against 0.68 in 1914.
Enteric Fever.—Three fatal cases of this disease occurred,
compared with six in 1914, and an average of 3.9 for the
ten years, 1905-14.
Measles was certified to be the cause of fifty
deaths, a large increase on 1914, when only six deaths occurred.
Scarlet Fever was the cause of five deaths.
Whooping Cough.—Twenty-three deaths were caused
by this disease, nine of the victims being under one
year of age.
Diphtheria was the cause of sixteen deaths, compared
with twenty-four in 1914.
Diarrhoea and Enteritis.—Thirty-five children under the
age of two years died from these diseases, compared with
fifty-three in the preceding year.