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persons over the age of 65 (58.80 per cent.). In this connection, it
is interesting to note that 8 females died at the age of 90 or over,
the oldest being 96 years; while 5 males also died within this age
period, the oldest being 95.
Zymotic Mortality.—This includes the deaths from the seven
principal zymotic diseases, viz. : Smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria,
typhoid fever, measles, whooping cough and diarrhoea (in
children under 2 years of age).
There were 4 deaths in this category, all from diarrhoea.
The zymotic death-rate for 1937 was therefore 0.06 per 1,000
of the population, as against 0.11 in 1936, with 7 deaths.
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