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Looking to the virulent nature of the epidemic, as
evidenced by the fatality in other districts and in
hospitals, it is but reasonable to suppose that the comparative
immunity from the disease enjoyed by this
district is attributable to the prompt and energetic
measures which were employed to arrest and crush the
pestilence.
Non-infectious Diseases.— In Table III., Appendix,
the number of deaths resulting from each class of disease
during the past year is compared with that of the
ten preceding years. An analysis of the figures therein
contained furnishes further detailed information, which
is embodied in the following table, wherein the numbers
of the several classes are contrasted with their respective
decennial averages corrected for increase of population.
Their rate of variation per cent. is also given, so that
the increment or decrease of any particular class of
diseases can be readily distinguished. For facility of
reference they are arranged in consecutive order of
fatality.
CLASSES OF DISEASE,
&c.
Number of
deaths in 1881.
Average Annual
number of deaths
in the ten years
1871-80.
feame averages
corrected for increase
of population.
Number and per-centage
more or less than the corrected
averages (denoted
by the signs + or —.)
5. Respiratory Organs 695 596 754 —59 or 1 per cent.
1. Zymotic 642 588 744 -102 or 3.2 „
2. Tubercular 557 501 634 —77 or 2 „
3. Brain and Nerves 540 427 541 +1
4. Heart, &c 245 172 212 +33 or 5.8 „
11. Premature Birth, &c. 232 182 145 +87 or 2.4 „
6. Digestive Organs 208 125 158 +50or 1 „
13. Age 120 130 163 -43 or 1.2 „
12. Uncertain Seat 118 100 126 —8 or 0.2 „
14. Violence 113 78 98 +15 or 0.4 „
15. Not Specified 44 56 70 —26 or 0.7 „
7. Urinary Organs 70 46 58 +12 or 0.32 ,,
8. Generative Organs 35 19 24 +11 or 0.30 „
9. Joints, Bones, &c. 25 11 13 +12 or 0.32 „
10. Skin, &c. 3 4 5 —2