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fever, and from diarrhoea and enteritis, under two years of
age, was 95, and the death-rate per 1,000 population 0.77,
compared with 1.27 in 1911.
The Zymotic death-rate has fallen steadily since 1901, and
is now less than half what it was then.
24. Inquests. There were 105 inquests, compared with
141,121,128, 115, 105, 107, and 123, in the seven preceding
years.
The following table gives particulars as to the cause of
death:—
1. Natural causes 57
2. Alcoholism 2
3. Accidental causes:
Burns and Scalds 1
Drowning 5
Falls 10
Fractures 4
Run over 5
Suffocation, overlying 3
Poison 1
Anaesthetics -
Other accidental causes 6
35
4. Homicidal causes:
Suicide 10
Murder and Manslaughter 1
11
105
The "Accidental Causes" were 35, 49, 23, 42, and 44, in
the five preceding years. The "Homicidal Causes" were
7, 15, 14, 6, and 11, in the same years.