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Senile Mortality.—Of the 665 deaths 202 were of persons over
65 years of age. The proportion of deaths occurring among those of
over 65 years of age to the total deaths is, therefore, 30.3 per cent.
There were 152 deaths of persons over 70 years of age, and 58 of
persons over 80, 6 of whom reached 90 years of age—the oldest being
94. These figures denote an exceptionally high proportion of senile
mortality.

The respective ages of those over 90 were 90, 90, 91, 93, 93, 94.
The Causes of Death.—These are fully set forth in Table A, in
which it will be noted that the deaths are also apportioned to different
age periods. Table A2 is supplementary to Table A, and sets forth
the deaths in each Division of the Borough during each of the four
quarters of the year.
Comparing these tables with the corresponding tables of the preceding
year the following facts are noteworthy:—A decrease in thedeaths
from Measles and Whooping Cough, Diphtheria, Enteric Fever,.
Influenza, Puerperal Fever, Erysipelas, Consumption, Diseases of the
Respiratory Organs and of the Nervous System, Premature Birth and
Suicide, and an increase in the deaths from Diarrhcea and Old Age.
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