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THE MORTUARY.
During the year 22 bodies were deposited in the Public Mortuary;
of these 14 were males and 8 were females. Post Mortem examinations
were performed upon 14 of these cases, and 20 inquests held.
The Zymotic death-rate for the year was 2.5 per 1,ooo of the
population.
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In the following table the death-rate and Zymotic death-rate are so arranged that comparison can be made for the last twelve years:—
1888 1 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 Small Pox — — — — — — — — — — — — Measles 1 25 11 9 24 2 15 6 24 2 6 — Scarlet Fever 2 1 3 4 — 10 3 3 i — 3 2 Diptheria 2 8 7 2 4 2 5 5 8 28 8 7 Whooping Cough 9 13 3 6 25 5 17 5 21 — 10 14 Typhoid Fever — 1 1 — 3 4 2 2 2 2 — 7 Diarrhoea and Dysentery 10 12 18 24 34 60 17 44 37 80 50 56 Puerperal Fever — — — 1 6 4 2 — — 1 — Total number of deaths from seven Zymotic Diseases 14 60 43 4S 91 89 63 67 93 130 78 86 Deaths from other causes 282 377 298 368 334 396 330 411 370 373 439 423 Total Deaths 306 437 34 1 413 425 486 393 48 464 503 517 509 Death-rate from seven Zymotic Diseases per thousand 1.9 2.8 1.9 1.8 3.6 3.4 2.2 2.4 3.1 4.1 2.3 2.5 Death-rate from other causes per thousand 7 12.9 161 12.o 15.3 13.4 15.2 12 14.8 12.6 11.8 13.5 12.6 General death . rate per thou sand 13.99 18.9 13.9 17.1 17 18.6 14.2 17.2 15.7 15.9 15.8 15.1 In London the Zymotic death-rate was 2.48 per 1,000.
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