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Class II. Constitutional—Tubercular 12.1, Cancer4.0.,
Class III. Local—Respiratory 15.8, Circulatory 9.0.
Nervous 18.7, Digestive 8.5.
Class TV. Developmental—Premature birth and low
vitality 10.7, Old age 4.8.
There was a decline in the percentage of deaths from
respiratory, circulatory and nervous diseases and in cancer.
An increase in Tubercular diseases and a slight increase
under premature birth and low vitality.
Age at death.
Infant Mortality
The number of deaths of infants under
one year was 25.1 per cent of all deaths,
37.3 per cent took place before the age of five and 41.2
before the age of 20. There was an increase in the mortality
from Tubercular diseases in early life, and a large
decrease in respiratory and nervous diseases.
Senile
Mortality.
Twenty deaths are ascribed simply to old
age, 9 of males and 11 of females, 142 deaths
occurred at and over 60, of these 41 ranged from 70 to
80, 25 were 80 and upwards, and 3 were over 90.
Parish Poor. fhe figures relating to the sickness and
mortality amongst the parish poor will be found in table
X., they show very favourably as regards the amount of
sickness from both general and zymotic diseases as well
as in the mortality from all causes.
It is not now necessary that every case of infectious
disease should be seen by the District Medical Officer
before being removed to hospital, so that all cases sent
to hospitals do not appear in the table.
inquests. Fifteen inquests were held with the following
results;—