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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
Measles and 15 deaths resulted from Measles and
whooping cough. Whooping Cough, 13 from Measles and
two from Whooping Cough. All these deaths
occurred, with one exception, among children under
five years of age The death-rate from these two
diseases was .6 per 1,000.
Small Pox. No case notified.
puerpera Fever
No case notified.
The mortality from this disease was very
much less than during the preceding two
years. Judging from my own experience the type of the
disease was milder than we have been accustomed to.
Diarrhoea and 16 deaths occurred under this heading. The
Dysentery, mortality was '7 per 1,000.
Deaths from Non.Zymotic Diseases.
225 deaths were registered from diseases of a Non.
Zymotic character.
cancer and 14 deaths were registered under this heading,
other Tumours. This is equal to a mortality of '6 per 1,000.
I am glad to be able to record a diminished mortality
under this heading. The tendency for several years has
been for these diseases to increase, judging by the increased
mortality.
27 deaths were registered under Ibis heading
Phthisis and ° ®
other Tubercular the greatest number since 1890. The
Diseases mortality was IT per 1,000.