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interesting to note that 12 females died at the age of 90 or over,
the oldest (in two instances) being 96 years; while 3 males also died
within this age period, the oldest being 94.
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 7 deaths in this category: 1 from diphtheria, 1
from typhoid fever, 1 from whooping cough, and 4 from infantile
diarrhoea.
The zymotic death-rate for 1938 was therefore 0.10 per 1,000
of the population, as against 0.06 in 1937, with 4 deaths.
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