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REPORT,
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
JULY the 2nd, 1864.
Gentlemen,
The deaths in the district during the quarter ending
on Saturday, July 2nd, have been 631, of which 341 were of males and 290
of females. The births have been 729, of which 376 were of males and 353
of females. In the corresponding quarter of last year the deaths were
639 and the births 700. The deaths from Epidemic diseases have been 132,
viz., 40 from Measles, 3 from Scarlet-fever, 2 from Diphtheria. 26 from
Hooping-cough, 18 from Diarrhoea, and 43 from Fever. During the corresponding
quarter of 1863, the deaths from Epidemic diseases were 165, of
which 21 were from Small-pox, 3 from Measles, 82 from Scarlet-fever, 15
from Hooping-cough, 13 from Diarrhoea, and 28 from Fever. Although the
total number of deaths from this class of disease has not very much diminished,
yet, a great difference has taken place in the mortality of the several
Epidemic diseases. Thus, not a single death from Small-pox is recorded
against 28 in the June quarter of last year; the deaths from Measles have
increased from 3 to 40; Scarlet-fever, on the other hand, has diminished
from 82 to 3. The deaths from Fever have increased from 28 to 43.
The health of the district during this quarter has not been in a satisfactory
state, neither as regards the total number of deaths nor the number of deaths
caused by Epidemic diseases. In the June quarter of 1862, the total mortality
was 620, and the deaths from Epidemics were 172; in 1863, the total mortality
was 639, and that from Epidemic diseases 165, and in this quarter the
deaths are 631, including 132 from Epidemic diseases, while in June, 1858,
the total deaths were 538, including 106 from Epidemic diseases; in June,
1859, the total deaths were 488, and those from Epidemic diseases 68 ; in
1860, the total deaths were 523, and the mortality from Epidemic diseases
was only 64; and in 1861, the total mortality was 526, including 74 deaths
from Epidemic diseases. The average mortality in the June quarter, for the
four years 1858-61, was annually at the rate of 26.2 per 1,000 of the population,
while in the three years from 1862-64, the rate of mortality has been
31.6 per 1,000 The deaths from Epidemic diseases have increased from an
average of 78 annually in the first-named period—1858-61, to 156 annually
in the last—1862-64.