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Seasonal Mortality.
In the first quarter of the year the deaths numbered 499
„ „ second quarter „ „ „ „ „ 27
„ „ third quarter „ „ „ „ „ 446
„ „ fourth quarter „ „ „ „ „ 486
ANALYSIS OF CAUSES OF DEATH.
Zymotic Diseases.—The total number of deaths due to
zymotic diseases was 116, compared with 162 in the previous
year, and the death-rate from these diseases was 0.68 per 1,000,
against 0'84 in 1913.
Enteric Fever.—Six fatal cases of this disease occurred,
compared with eight in 1913, and an average of 3.9 for the
ten years, 1904-13.
Measles was certified to be the cause of six
deaths, a large decrease on 1913, when twenty-five death
occurred.
Scarlet Fever was the cause of eight deaths.
Whooping Cough. — Nineteen deaths were caused
by this disease, eight of the victims being under one
year of age.
Diphtheria was the cause of twenty-four deaths, compared
with thirty-five in 1913.
Diarrhœa and Enteritis.—Fifty-three children under the
age of two years died from these diseases, compared with
fifty-one in the preceding year.