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Comparing these tables with the corresponding tables of the preceding
year the following facts are noteworthy:—A considerable decrease
in the deaths from Measles and Whooping Cough, and an increase in
the deaths from Diarrhoea, Heart Disease, Phthisis and Suicide.
It will be noted (Table A 2) 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 Diarrhœa, Measles, Whooping Cough,
Diphtheria, Phthisis, Diseases of the Respiratory Systems, Alcoholism,
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.

Zymotic Mortality.—Included in the Zymotic mortality are the
deaths from the seven principal Zymotic diseases, viz., Small-pox.
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, "Fever"
(including Enteric Fever, Typhus Fever, and Simple Continued Fever))
and Diarrhœa. In Table A 3 the deaths from Zymotic Diseases
(including Influenza) are given in respect of each disease.