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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
From Diarrhœal diseases only four deaths occurred under
one month. The greatest mortality from these diseases occurred
at one to two months, two to three months, and six to seven
months.
From Tuberculous diseases 14 deaths occurred, nine from
Tuberculous Meningitis, one from Tuberculous Peritonitis, and
four from other Tuberculous diseases, compared with 17 in 1909,
and 26 in 1908; and 108 from diseases of the Respiratory Organs,
compared with 115 and 134.
Six deaths were registered as due to Meningitis, but enquiries
of the medical attendant showed that all these were due to simple
Meningitis.