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Health of the District.
The health of the district continues exceptionally good.
The infectious diseases generally have been well below the
average, the only exception to this statement being a curious
burst of scarlet fever during the first week in June ; prompt
isolation of the cases, however, appeared to check farther
spread, and the malady rapidly went down below normal.
See Chart opposite page (58.
The birth and death-rates, as deduced from the quarter's statistics, are
as follows:—
All Souls, birth-rate 18.4; death-rate 12.8.
Rectory, birth-rate 15.5; death-rate 12.8.
St. Mary, birth-rate 22.3: death-rate 13.7.
Christ Church, birth-rate 26.7: death-rate 16.5
St. John, birth-rate 21.3; death-rate 17.2.
The whole district, birth-rate 2l.5; death-rate 14.4.
The average death-rates for five years (1899 to 1903) for the corresponding
period were as follows:—All Souls, 13.9; Rectory, 18.0; St. Mary, 17.2;
Christ Church, 16.0; St. John. 23.1; the whole district, 17.0.
The following table gives, as usual, facilities for comparing the relative
mortality from certain classes of disease and proportion to 1,000 deaths
from all causes:

NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet l ever, Diphtheria, Influenza, Whooping Cough,
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.