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Ages at death. — There appears to have been about
the average number of deaths of aged people, viz. 44
from 60 to 80, and 12 from 80 years and upwards, the
oldest being 90. In the last year's table the numbers
under these ages were respectively 43 and 11, and the
oldest person dying had reached her 100th year. Of the
number of aged people dying during the past year, 12 are
certified as having succumbed to natural decay without
the intervention of any specific disease.
Concerning the mortality which befell the infantine and
youthful portion of the population in 1867, it is most
satisfactory to be able to report that the deaths between
birth and 10 years of age were 18 less than in the preceding
year, or in the proportion of 47 to 65.
Sickness and Mortality amongst the Union Poor.—The
Union Medical Officers appear to have had under treatment
during the year, as ascertained from the Medical Relief
Books, 263 cases of sickness, accident, &c., with the result
of only 19 deaths. This is a small percentage, and speaks
well for the salubrity of the Sub-district, so far as the poor
are concerned.
The worst feature of the table (No. V., Appendix,) is,
that as many as 19 cases of Small-pox were treated in this
Sub-district, amongst the Union poor, and resulted in two
deaths. The new enactment relating to vaccination will,
it is hoped, render the recurrence of so many cases of small
pox all but impossible.
Social Position of the Deceased Persons.—Of the four
classes of persons noted in the mortality table, that of the
labouring population has contributed to the register, as
usual, by far the greatest number of deaths, compared
singly, with any of the other three classes. But it is satisfactory
to find that 74 only of the industrial poor succumbed
in the last year, against 86 in the previous year : and it is
equally satisfactory to be able to state, that there were
less deaths by 2 amongst the labouring class (including
the union poor), than took place, amongst the three classes
above them, collectively.
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