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It will be seen from the above Table that the number
of deaths from these diseases exceeded the average of the
past ten years by no less than 39 per cent. This excess
was due to Scarlatina, Measles, and Whooping Cough,
which prevailed extensively during the spring, summer,
and winter quarters of the year, the last-named disease
having been attended with unusually great fatality during
the months of February, March, April, and May, the
result, probably, of the low temperature which prevailed
during that period. Indeed, the temperature of the whole
year was unusually low, and may have some relation to
the remarkably small amount of Diarrhoea which prevailed.
The months in which the deaths from these diseases
occurred and the mean temperature of each quarter are
shewn in the following Table. 11 cases of Small-Pox and
5 of Fever were sent to Hospital for treatment, and therefore
do not appear in the Table, 3 of the Small Pox cases
terminating fatally.
DISEASE.
January-
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Mean Temp.
37°.1
Mean Temp.
49°.5
Mean Temp.
58°.1
Mean Temp.
39°.9
Small Pox .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. ... .. ..
Measles 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 7
Scarlatina 2 .. .. 3 4 2 .. 2 1 .. .. ..
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 ..
Whooping Cough .. 7 16 10 6 1 1 .. .. .. 1 3
Diarrhoea .. 1 .. .. 1 1 .. .. 2 2 .. ..
Fever 2 .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. 1 2 1
Totals 7 8 16 13 12 6 1 2 3 3 10 11
Sickness and mortality amongst the parochial poor.—The
nature, amount, and fatality of the sickness which came
under treatment amongst the parochial poor during the
year is exhibited in Table 5, Appendix. The amount of
general sickness was greater than the average by about 12