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Still dealing with this important Class, it appears that
two deaths, from Ague, were 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 18 deaths, against 28, 14, and 19, in the preceding
three years respectively. Fifteen of these deaths occurred in
the Town sub-district, and 11 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 a number of deaths considerably in excess of the
record. There were three deaths from stricture of the
urethra.
Order 6, Septic Diseases. This Order comprises Erysipelas, Pycemia, Septicœmia, and Puerperal Fever: the total
deaths registered were 12, against 32, 11, and 18, in the preceding three years respectively. Erysipelas was the cause of
4 deaths,* all of them in the Town sub-district, against 17, 3,
and 9, in the preceding three years respectively. Septicœmia
was the cause of one death.
Puerperal Fever was the registered cause of 7 deaths, of
women between 15 and 45 years of age (against 10, 5, and 3,
in the preceding three years respectively), six of them in the
Town sub-district. In addition to these 7 deaths, other 13 (11
of them in the Town sub-district) were registered as having
occurred in "childbirth," against 10, 8, and 8, in the preceding
three years respectively. The deaths registered as having
been caused by diseases and accidents associated with
parturition (20 in all) were equal to about 54 per 1,000 live
* The notified cases of Erysipelas were 277, 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,