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Epidemic Death.rate.—The following table shows the deaths
from the seven principal epidemic diseases. They are so
placed in order that they may be compared with the corresponding
numbers of the ten preceding years. The deaths
from these diseases numbered 86 in the past year, and were
12 more than in the year preceding; they were however still
below the average of the preceding ten years, allowing for
increase of population.
Years. 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883
SmallPox 2 14 12 3 .. 2 7 1 ..
Measles 11 20 3 13 5 23 17 19 10 15 33
Scarlatina 2 33 22 13 4 12 12 21 15 26 8
Diphtheria 3 4 6.... 3 1 3 3 4 7
Whooping.
Cough .. 14 15 17 17 12 29 25 25 13 17 16
Fever, &c... 10 6254594373
Diarrlhœaa & 25 27 22 24 18 26 17 36 20 4 19
Cholera .. 2 .. 2 ..
Totals 65 105 74 86 55 103 81 ,112 , 71 74 86
Ages of Deceased Persons.—In many of my former reports I
commented on the mortality as it occurs at the two extremes
of life, with the view of showing the many advantages we
possess of prolonging life by means of the sanitary measures
we employ. Our infantile mortality during the past year
which was unusually high is represented by the following
figures, viz:—under one year 160 infants succumbed, from
one to five years 109, and from five to ten years 20, making
a total of 289 children under 10 years of age, or 49 per cent.
of the total deaths.