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5.
Phthisis Death-Rate per 1,000 living. percentage of total Deaths Attributed to Phthisis.
1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899.
Dockyard District 1.9 1.6 2.3 2.2 9.4 10.0 1.17 11.2
Arsenal District 2.2 2.2 1.7 2.5 10.2 11.3 7.9 11.0
Totals 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.4 9.9 10.8 9.6 11.1
I would mention that a leaflet containing information as to Tuberculosis,
was printed and circulated amongst the inhabitants during
March and April last.
I would again point out that the want of provision to prevent
dampness in many of the older houses in the district tends to perpetuate
conditions that are favourable to the spread of tubercular diseases.
Sex
Mortality.
Of the total deaths in the Dockyard Registration SubDistrict,
there were 205 males and 179 females; in the
Arsenal Registration Sub-District 297 males and 221 females; or, in
other words, of the 902 total deaths in the whole district 502 were of
males and 400 of females; 100 deaths in the Dockyard Sub-District,
and 112 in the Arsenal were of persons over 60 years of age.
Inquests and
Suicides.
There have been 86 Inquests during the year. There
have been 6 Suicides as follows :—Hanging 2, Drowning
1, Cutting Throat 1, and Poisoning 2.
Mortuary.
Seventy-seven bodies were received into the Mortuary, of
which 50 were of persons resident in the district, 23 non-resident, and
4 unknown and unidentified. Eighteen were brought in by the Police,
and 59 by undertakers, etc.