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between one and five was 13.6 per 1,000 children of that
age found at the Census, compared with 9.0 in 1913.
23. Zymotic Death-Hate. The number of deaths from
scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles, whooping-cough, enteric
fever, and from diarrhoea and enteritis (under two years of
age as regards diarrhoea and enteritis) was 126, and the
death-rate per 1,000 population 0.98, compared with 1.27,
0.77, and 0.74, in the three previous years.
The zymotic death-rate has fallen greatly einoe 1901, when
it was 1.51.
24. Inquests. There were 146 inquests, compared with
121, 128, 115, 105, 107, 123, 105, and 123, in the eight
preceding years.
The following table gives particulars as to the cause of
death:—
1. Natural causes 90
2. Alcoholism 4
3. Accidental causes:
Burns and Scalds 6
Drowning 3
Falls 4
Fractures 5
Suffocation, overlying 4
Other accidental causes 17
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4. Homicidal cases:
Suicide 12
Murder and Manslaughter 1
13
Total 146