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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
From Tuberculous diseases five deaths occurred; three from
Tuberculous Meningitis, and two from other Tuberculous diseases,
compared with eight in 1912, and 23 in 1911; and 121 from diseases
of the Respiratory Organs, compared with 100.
Seven deaths were registered as due to Meningitis, but enquiries
of the medical attendant showed that all these were due to simple
Meningitis.
Table XXVIII. 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 1912 the rate from common infective diseases
is slightly higher, due to the increase in the number of deaths from
Measles.
From Diarrhoeal diseases there was a large increase, the rate
having been 19.27 per 1,000, compared with 8'88 in 1912.
From Premature Birth, Congenital Debility and Malformations
the rate was lower than in 1912, and this was also the case from
Tuberculous diseases, while from other causes the rate was slightly
higher.
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 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.