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36 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of the total deaths under one month, viz. :—241, 179 or 83'6
per cent, occurred from wasting diseases.
From Diarrhceal diseases only 12 deaths, or 11.5 per cent, of
the whole occurred under one month. The greatest mortality from
this group occurred as in the previous year from the second to the
eighth month.
From Tuberculous diseases only 19 deaths occurred, compared
with 42 in 1906, and 34 in 1905; and from diseases of the
Respiratory Organs 158, compared with 112 and 136.
10 deaths were registered as due to Meningitis, compared
with 23 in 1906, and in each case enquiries were made, but the
replies received from the medical men in attendance were to the
effect that the disease was either posterior basic Meningitis, or
that Tuberculous Meningitis was suspected.