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Whooping Cough was the cause of 7 deaths as compared
with 3, 20, and 19 in the three preceding years. The death rate from
the disease is 0.12. All the deaths occurred in children under
5 years of age, and formed 1.5 per cent, of the deaths for this age
period.
The remarks that I have made on the subject of measles apply
with equal force to whooping cough.
Diarrœhea. 151 deaths occurred from diarrhoea, and epidemic
enteritis as compared with 46, 71 and 61 in the three preceding
years. The death rate from the disease is 2-82. Of these deaths, 126
occurred in infants under 1 year of age, amounting to 41 per cent,
of the infant deaths and 33.7 per cent, of the deaths of children
under 5 years of age.
The subject is fully discussed in a Special Report which is
appended.
Influenza. 10 deaths were reported as being due to this disease,
giving a death rate of 0.18 per 1,000. The deaths for the three
preceding years were 6, 8 and 2. Influenza was rather more
prevalent than usual this year, and most of the fatal cases occurred
in old people.
Phthisis and other Tuberculous Disease. The deaths
from phthisis numbered 71 as compared with 38, 44 and 58 for the
three preceding years. The death rate from the disease is 1.3 per
1,000 of the population, the average rate of mortality for the preceding
ten years being 1.2. Of these deaths, 19 occurred amongst
residents of Edmonton in the Edmonton Workhouse. The total
deaths from phthisis in public institutions in the district numbered 55.
The other tuberculous diseases together accounted for 40 deaths,
giving a death rate of 0.74 per 1,000. In this way tuberculosis
contributed a total death rate of 2.04 per 1,000 living, or nearly
13 per cent, of all the deaths.