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Other Diseases of the Zymotic Class.—Still
dealing with the diseases in this important Class, it
appears that one death from Ague was registered in Order
3 (Malarial Diseases), and no death from Zoogenous Diseases
comprised in Order 4.
Order 5, Venereal Diseases, includes Syphilis, Gonorrhœa,
and Stricture of the Urethra. Syphilis was the registered
cause of 21 deaths, against 14, 19, and 18, in the preceding
three years respectively. Seventeen of the deaths occurred
in the Town sub-district, and 18 of them were of children under
one year of age. If the truth were known, it would probably
appear that this Protean malady was accountable, directly or
indirectly, for many deaths in excess of the record. There
were three deaths from stricture of the urethra.
Order 6, Septic Diseases. This Order comprises Erysipelas,
Pyæmia, Septicemia, and Puerperal Fever: the total
deaths registered were 21, as compared with 11,18, and 12, in
the preceding three years respectively. Erysipelas was the
cause of 9 deaths,* seven of them in the Town sub-district, as
compared with 3, 9, and 4, in the preceding three years
respectively. Pycemia and Septicemia were the causes of
seven deaths.
Puerperal Fever was the registered cause of 5 deaths, of
women between 25 and 45 years of age (as compared with 5,
3, and 7, in the preceding three years respectively), three of
them in the Town sub-district. In addition to these 5 deaths,
other 9 deaths (all of them in the Town sub-district) were
registered as having occurred in childbed, as compared
with 8, 8, and 13, in the preceding three years respectively.
The deaths registered as having been caused by diseases and
accidents associated with parturition (14 in all) were equal to
3-8 per 1,000 live births, against 3.5, 2.5, and 5.4, per 1,000 in
* The notified cases of Erysipelas were 237, many of them being of traumatic
origin, unimportant in character, and such as the framers of the Act could scarcely
have intended to be notified.