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the zymotic class were 17, and 8 below the corrected decennial
average. Whooping-cough was the cause of 8 deaths,
diphtheria of 3, scarlet fever and enteric fever of 2 each.
The mortality from diseases of the respiratory organs was
excessive, the deaths from these causes being 118, including
bronchitis 85 and pneumonia 21. The deaths of children
under five years of age were 80, including 55 under one year,
those of persons aged 60 and upwards being 103. The mean
temperature of the air was 34.5° Fahr., and 3.4 below the
means in the corresponding weeks in the preceding ten
years (37.9).
In the second four-weekly period of the year (5th—8th
weeks, February 1st to 28th) the death-rate fell to 214: it
was 2 3 above the average (19T), but 0.5 below the Metropolitan
rate (219), this being 04 below the decennial average
(22.3). The deaths from the principal diseases of the zymotic
class were 11, the lowest number recorded in 1891, and just
one half the average. Whooping-cough was the cause of 5
deaths, scarlet fever of 3, and enteric fever of 2. The diseases
of the respiratory organs were fatal to 97 persons (a reduction
of 21); 58 of these deaths were caused by bronchitis and 22
by pneumonia. The deaths of children under five years of
age were 81, including 43 under one year : those of persons
aged 60 and upwards fell (from 103) to 95. The mean
temperature was 385° and 1.2 below the average (39.7).
In the third period (9th—12th weeks, March 1st to
28th), the death-rate further fell to 201; it was 0.9 above the
average (19.2), but 2.1 below the Metropolitan rate (22.2),
this being 0 3 below the decennial average (22.5). The deaths
from the principal zymotic diseases were 15, and 7 below the
average. They included 4 each from diphtheria and whooping-cough,
3 from measles, and 2 from scarlet fever. The
deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs rose (from 97),
to 101, including 60 from bronchitis, and 29 from pneumonia.