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Senile Mortality.—Of the 610 deaths 184 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, 30.2 per cent.
There ware 140 deaths of persons over 70 years of age, and 52 of
persons over 80, 6 of whom reached 90 years of age—the oldest being
97. These figures denote an exceptionally high proportion or senile
mortality.

The respective ages of those over 90 were 90, 90, 91,
92, 93, 97.
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
the deaths from Diarrhoea, Phthisis, Cancer and Diseases of the
Respiratory Organs, and an increase in the deaths from Whooping
Cough, Influenza and Alcoholism.
It will be noted (Table A2) 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