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Mortality of Persons over the age of 65.—It will be seen
from Table II, on page 14, that 53.69 per cent, of the total deaths
occurring during the year took place in persons over the age of 65.
This percentage is slightly lower than that for last year (56.34 per
cent.). In passing, it may be noted that 79 females died at the age
of 80 or over (1 of whom attained the great age of 98 years), the
corresponding figure for the males being 39.
Zymotic Mortality.—This includes the deaths from the seven
principal zymotic diseases, viz.: Smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria,
enteric fever, measles, whooping cough and diarrhoea (in
children under 2 years of age).
There were 8 deaths from the diseases mentioned above, as
follows—
Diphtheria, 3; measles, 4; diarrhoea, 1.
The zymotic death-rate for 1934 was therefore 0.13 per 1,000
of the population, as against 0.06 in 1933, with 4 deaths.
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