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The table appended gives, in the form designed by the
Local Government Board, the various causes of death at different
age periods, and from this it may be seen that several causes of
death loom large e.g. premature birth, atrophy, debility and
marasmus, bronchitis and pneumonia.
The deaths during the first month of life amounted to 98 or
more than one-third of the total, showing at once the great need
for such measures as the Notification of Births Acts will shortly
enable us to out into more effective operation.