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The proportion of inquests to deaths was 5.3 per cent.
The deaths of the infants who were asphyciated were
recorded as having taken place upon the following days,
and at the ages here given:—
Thursday, Dec. 31, 1885 Age 1 year.
Friday, Jan. 31, 1886 7 weeks.
Saturday, Feb. 1, „ 4 ,,
Tuesday, Mar. 2, ,,3 months.
Friday, „ 5, „ 3 „
Friday, „ 19, „ 8 days.
Thursday, Nov. 11, 2 months.
Sunday, Dec. 5, ,, 7 weeks.
Vaccination. The following gives the number of cases
successfully vaccinated and re-vaccinated by the Public
Vaccinator during 1886, and is compiled from the official
register.
Primary Vaccinations 1250
Re-vaccinations 29
Total 1279
No case of small-pox has yet been known to occur in
any person vaccinated at the public vaccination station,
although such an occurrance has been looked for in every
case of the disease which has come under notice.
Social
Position.
The steady increase in the professional and
trading classes in the sub-district is shewn by
the constantly-increasing proportion of deaths in persons
belonging to those classes. The gentry diminish year
by year as do the working classes relatively.
In 1886 the following deaths were registered of such
persons:- No. Per cent.
Nobility and Gentry 4 = 0.35
Professional Classes 38 = 3.37
Middle and Trading Classes 145 = 12.84
Industrial and Labouring Classes 942 = 83.44
Totals 1129 100.00