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of the year before, they form 25.8 per cent. of all deaths,
41.5 per cent of all deaths took place before the age of
five, and upwards of 47 per cent, before the age of twenty.
There was a decrease in the mortality from tubercular
diseases in early life, and a large increase in respiratory
and nervous diseases.
Thirty-one deaths are ascribed to old age,
16 of males and 15 of females, 150 deaths
took place at and over 60, 54 of these ranged from 70 to
80, 21 were over 80, 3 were 90, and 3 were respectively
93, 94, and 97.
The number of persons who were under
the treatment, together with the nature and extent
of the sickness that prevailed, and the
deaths that took place amongst the out-door
parish poor will be found in table 13, 310 new cases
came under treatment during the year, these do not include
the many attendances on permanent paupers, only
29 of these were in the zymotic class as compared with
81 last year. They include 4 cases of Measles, 20 of
Whooping-Cough, and 8 of Diarrhoea, with one death
from Whooping-Cough.
In the other classes were eleven deaths principally due
to lung and brain diseases, old age and low vitality.
The following table shows the percentage of
deaths in the various classes during the year.
Nobility and Gentry 36 = 7 per cent.
Professional Class 69 = 13.40 „
Middle and Trading Class 157 = 30.48 ,,
Industrial and Labouring 253 = 49.12 ,,
Total deaths 515 = 100.00