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Comparing these tables with the corresponding tables of the preceding
year the following noteworthy facts are to be observed:—The
absence of any Small-pox mortality; the increase in the deaths from
Measles, Whooping Cough, and to a less extent of Diphtheria and Cancer.
and the decrease in the deaths from Scarlet Fever, Influenza, Diarrhœa
and Diseases of the Respiratory Organs. The reduction in the deaths
from Influenza, Diarrhœa, and Diseases of the Respiratory Organs are
largely attributable to the exceptional climatic conditions of the year,
It will be noted (Table A 3) that the mortality of the Southern
Division exceeds that of the Northern (after due allowance is made for
the different figure of the population in each Division) mainly in
respect of the deaths from Measles, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria,
Diarrhœa, Phthisis, Pneumonia, and Premature Birth; and when these
deaths are grouped according to the ages at which death occurred, it
is found that by far the largest number are allotted to the first five
years of life. The mortality from Influenza, on the other hand, was
disproportionately high in the Northern Division.