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Deaths.
There were 27 deaths registered in the District, 10 of these
were transferred by the Registrar General as being deaths of
non-residents, these have therefore to be deducted from the
27 before arriving at the nett total, in like manner 8 deaths
occurred amongst residents dying outside the District have
to be added making the nett total of deaths for the year, 25.
The death rate is therefore 22.7 per 1,000 if the Civil
Population be taken and 20.9, if the population be estimated
as in former years, last year it was only 16.6.
The corrected or nett death rate will be 21.1 or 19.3 accor
ding to which estimate of population is taken.
Of the 27 deaths that occurred in the District 20 were
males, and onh- 7 were females; 12 of these deaths occurred
at the Home for Invalids at Twyford Abbey; these are
not strictly speaking residents of our District, but the Registrar
General has only transferred 9, thus saddling us with
3 deaths which belong elsewhere. The figures under
consideration being so few, this small addition gives a considerable
increase in our death rate in proportion, and
makes it appear higher than it really is when compared
with this rate for other Districts.
The ages and causes of death can be seen by referring to
Table III.
Infectious Diseases.
We have been unfortunate during the year in having
more than our usual share of diseases of this class, so much so,
and it being felt that the excessive prevalence was a great deal
due to the want of care or information on the part of the
inhabitants that at the request of the Council the following
notice was circulated throughout the District:—
" Owing to the prevalence of Infectious Disease in the
neighbourhood, it is highly desirable that all PARENTS
should, if their children be ailing, especially in cases of sore
throats and sickness send at once for their Medical Adviser