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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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The Table also shows that 290, or 40,3 per cent, of the deaths
occurred from Wasting diseases, and of these 181, or 62.4 per
cent. occurred under one month.
Of the total deaths under one month, viz. 235, 181 or 77
per cent. occurred from Wasting diseases, compared with 74 per
cent. in 1907.
From Diarrhoeal diseases only 13 deaths occurred under one
month. The greatest mortality from these diseases occurred at
two to three months.
From Tubercular diseases 26 deaths occurred, compared with
19 in 1907, 42 in 1906, and 34 in 1905 ; and from diseases of the
Respiratory Organs 134, compared with 158, 112 and 136.
Eight deaths were registered as due to Meningitis, but
enquiries of the medical attendant showed that these were due to
Posterior-basic Meningitis with two exceptions, both occurring in
hospital, where the deaths were registered as having occurred
from Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.
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