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The death rate from tubercular diseases of all kinds formed
13½ Percent. of the total mortality from all causes, and is equal
to a rate of 3.0 per 1,000 population at all ages. The tubercular
diseases of young children (in which category I include tabes
mesenterica, tubercular meningitis, and tubercular diseases of bones
and joints) caused 113 deaths, eight per cent, of the total deaths of
young children, a mortality on the estimated population of young
children of six per 1,000.
RESPIRATORY DISEASES.
The deaths from the diseases of the respiratory organs numbered
686, and formed nearly one quarter (24.8 per cent.) of the total
mortality from all causes. This is equal to a rate of 5.31 per 1,000
population at all ages. Nearly half the respiratory deaths were
amongst young children, a mortality of 17.4 per 1,000 on the
estimated population of young children. These figures do not
include the large number of deaths classified as measles or
whooping-cough, though the immediate cause of death in the
majority of these was some form of lung trouble.
MORTUARY AND CORONER'S COURT.
A total of 423 bodies were received at the Mortuary; 296 of
these were removed by order of the Coroner, 120 at the request of
relatives, and seven for sanitary reasons. The Coroner held 299
inquests, and 98 post-mortem examinations were made by medical
men.
SUPERVISION OF TRADE PREMISES.
The 18 cow-houses and the 10 slaughter-houses in the parish
have been frequently inspected. All are in a fairly satisfactory
condition, and none of the licences was opposed. The bake-houses,
102 in number, have been kept under observation. They call for
no special remark, as all the requirements of our notices were
obeyed. Eighty complaints of defective sanitary conditions in
workshops were received from H.M. Inspectors of Factories. All