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Notes.—(a) In this Table all deaths of "residents" occurring in public institutions, whether within
or without the district, have been included with the other deaths in the columns for
the several age groups (columns 2-8). They have also, in columns 9-16, been included
among the deaths in their respective " localities " according to the previous addresses
of the deceased as given by the registrars. Deaths of "non-residents " occurring in
public institutions in the district have been in like manner excluded from columns 2-8
and 9-16 of this Table.
(b) See notes on Table I. as to the meaning of "residents" and "non-residents," and as
to the "Public Institutions," and on Table II. as to meaning of "localities," taken
into account for the purposes of these Tables.
(c) All deaths occurring in public institutions situated within the district, whether of
"residents" or of "non-residents" have, in addition to being dealt with as in note
(a), been entered in the last column of this Table.
(d) Under the heading of "diarrhoea" have been included deaths certified as from diarrhoea
alone or in combination with some other cause of ill-defined nature; and also deaths
certified as from:
Epidemic enteritis;
Zymotic enteritis;
Epidemic diarrhoea; Summer diarrhœa;
Dysentery and dysenteric diarrhœa;
Choleraic diarrhoea, cholera, cholera nostras (in the absence of Asiatic cholera).
Under the heading of "enteritis" have been included those certified as from gastroenteritis,
muco-enteritis and gastric catarrh.
Deaths from diarrhoea secondary to some other well-defined disease have been included
under the latter.