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MORTALITY OP "TODDLERS" Eight deaths occurred
amongst children of the age group 1-5 years
during 1941. This represents a death-rate of 0.12
per 1,000 of the population, and 1.04- per cent of
the total deaths for the year, at all ages. In
1940 the numbers were exactly the same.
MORTALITY OF PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 65.- 57,97%
of the total deaths during the year took place in
persons over the age of 65. Seven females died
at the age of 90 or over, the oldest being 94 years;
while -3 males also died within this age period, the
oldest being 95.
ZYMOTIC MORTALITY (including 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)).
For the first on record there were no deaths
in this category during the year.
The zymotic death-rate for the year 1940 was
0.04 per 1,000 of the population, when there were
3 deaths.
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