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The results of a consideration of the ages of those attacked are confirmed by the
records of small-pox mortality throughout the parish. The ages of 390 person who
died of this disease, during the epidemic period, were as follows:—
Years.
Total
Deaths.
AGES.
Under
| 1 year
1-
2-
3-
4-
Under
5
years.
5-
10-
15-
20-
40-
60 &
upw
da.
3862
15
3
1
3
1
1
9
..
..
5
1
..
..
1863
108
20
10
6
6
4
46
9
4
6
33
9
1
1864
26
5
3
..
1
5
14
2
1
2
4
3
..
1865
58
11
6
1
1
2
21
6
3
6
18
3
2
1866
67
14
6
3
3
4
30
7
4
3
20
3
..
1867
71
17
1
4
4
3
29
5
3
7
20
6
1
186S
45
8
4
3
7
3
25
4
1
5
7
3
Totals
390
78
31
20
23
22
174
33
16
33
103
27
4
Out of 390 deaths, 207, or more than half, were of children under 10 years
of age.
The following numbers represent the proportionate degree in which our population
suffered at different ages, when the numbers living at the several ages is taken
into account.
Cases generally. Total Cases.
Per 10,000, living at each age (1861.)
Under 5 years 98 84
5 and under 10 years 10519
10 „ 15 „ 12111
15 „ 20 „ 153.22
20 „ 25 „ 160}
25 ,, 30 ,, 106} 19
30 „ 35 „ 51}
35 „ 40 „ 46} 97
40 „ 50 „ 26}
50 „ 60 „ 7}19 10
60 ,, 70 ,, 7}
70 and upwards „ 4 } 6 4
That is to say, taking equal numbers of persons at the different ages, the first
column shows the proportionate number at each age attacked during the epidemic;
and the second column the proportionate numbers of those attacked fatally. The
second column is a true statement of the fatal cases throughout the parish, which
occurred during the epidemic. The first refers not to the cases generally per 10,000
living, but, supposing merely an equal number of each age had been living during
1862—8, they would have been attacked in the relative proportion which these
numbers indicate. I have not a record in ages of more than a small number of the
cases that occurred.