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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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four from other Tuberculous diseases, compared with 23 in 1911;
and 100 from diseases of the Respiratory Organs, compared with
118.
Eight deaths were registered as due to Meningitis, but enquiries
of the medical attendant showed that all these were due to simple
Meningitis.
Table XXIII. shows the proportion of deaths per 1,000 births
from five groups of diseases for each week under one month, from
one to three months and for each three months up to one year of
age.
Compared with 1911 the rate from common infective diseases
is much lower, due to the decrease in the number of deaths from
Measles and Diphtheria.
From Diarrhceal diseases there was a very large decrease, the
rate having been about one-fourth of the rate in 1911.
From Premature Birth, Congenital Debility and Malformations
the rate was only slightly lower than in 1911, and this was also the
case from Tuberculous diseases and from other causes.
From the Table it will be seen that the rate from common
infective diseases was highest at the ages nine to 12 months, from
Diarrhoeal diseases at one to three, and three to six months, from
Premature Birth, etc., under one month, from Tuberculous diseases
at six to nine and nine to 12 months, and from other causes under
one month.