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In previous years it has been as follows:—
No. Rate.
1900 70 1.8
1901 110 2.6
1902 47 1.0
1903 66 1.3
1904 120 2.2
1905 60 1.0
1906 97 1.4
1907 55 .8
1908 57 .8
1909 47 .6
1910 33 .4
1911 103 1.3
The seven diseases included in this rate are:-
Diseases. Deaths, 1912.
Small Pox —
Measles 4
Scarlet Fever 1
Whooping Cough 16
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 5
Enteric Fever —
Diarrhoea 10
Total 36
This rate is a very sensitive test of the health of the
district. As will be seen above, for 1912, this rate has been
very low. There was a small incidence of summer diarrhoea
which sent the figure up for 1911. Ten deaths for the year
1912, as compared with 64 for 1911, is a plain indicator of
the different conditions existing in the two years. Measles,
too, was not prevalent until the end of the year, and the
weather conditions being comparatively favourable, the
deaths were few. Not a single death from Enteric Fever is
also a noticeable feature.