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15
Ages at Death.
The number of deaths occurring at the different age
periods are set out in Table I., and also the number due u>
each cause. More than 30 pea- cent, of the total deaths
occurred after the age of 65.
Deaths from Epidemic (or Zymotic) Diseases.
The seven chief epidemic diseases are: Smallpox, Measles,
Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria, Enteric Fever
and Diarrhoea. During the year there were 48 deaths from
one or other of tile above diseases, which is equal to an
epidemic death-rate of 1.2 per 1,000 of the population, as
compared with 20 deaths and an epidemic death-rate of .43
for 1910.
This increase is entirely accounted for by the deaths from
Diarrhoea.
The epidemic death-rate in 1911 for England and Wales
is
The incidence and fatality of the epidemic diseases are
dealt with separately.