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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 : An increase
in the deaths from Measles, Influenza, Diphtheria, Diseases of
the Lungs, and Violence; and a decrease of those from Cancer.
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,
Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Premature Birth and Infant
Wasting, Summer Diarrhoea, Diseases of the Lung, and Violent
Deaths.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
There were 93 deaths registered of infants under 1 year of
age, as against 932 births; the proportion which the deaths
under 1 year of age bear to 1,000 births is, therefore, 99.8, as
against 78.7 in the preceding year.