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fore, 38.2 per cent. There were 188 deaths of persons over 70
years of age, and 70 of persons over 80, 12 of whom reached
90 years of age—the oldest being 97.
This is a remarkably high proportion of deaths over 65 years
of age, which indicates that there is a relatively large number
of old persons in the Borough.
SENILE MORTALITY DURING 1913.

The respective ages of those over 90 were 90, 90, 90, 90, 90,
91, 91, 92, 92, 93, 95, 97.
THE CAUSES OF DEATH.—These are fully set forth
in Table I., in which it will be noted that the deaths are also
apportioned to different age-periods. Table II. is supplementary
to Table I., 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 marked
increase in the deaths from Measles, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria,
Zymotic or Summer Diarrhoea, Diseases of the Lungs and
Cancer; a decrease in the deaths from Heart Diseases.
It will be noted (Table II.) that the mortality of the Southern
Division exceeds that of the Northern (after due allowance is
made for the different figures of the population in each Division),
mainly in respect to the deaths from Tuberculosis, Measles and
Whooping Cough, Premature Birth and Infant Wasting, Summer
Diarrhoea, and Lung Diseases.