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It will be noted that Diseases of the Respiratory Organs
claim most victims, and that when we include "Consumption''
among these, the deaths from these causes show a very great
preponderance over the deaths from any other class of diseases.
Situated as the District is, upon a somewhat cold and exposed
site, one would expect to find the mortality from this class of
diseases relatively high, but as a matter of fact it compares very
favourably with that of England and Wales generally.
There is nothing in the Tables A, A1, and A2, that calls for
anything but favourable comment, except the mortality from
Whooping Cough and from Puerperal Fever (vide p. 25).