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registered in Chriatchurch, while in outlying institutions
four males and one female died of this disease.
(c.) Whooping Cough.—In St. Saviour the deaths of four males
and two females, and in Christchurch two males and
three females were due to whooping cough.
(d.) Diphtheria.—A total of eleven deaths, two in St. Savionr's,
four in Christchurch, and five in outlying institutions.
(e.) Enteric or Typhoid Fever.—Only two deaths were recorded,
one in Christchurch and the other in an outlying institution.
(f.) Diarrhœa. —In St. Saviour four males and six females died
of this disease; in Christchurch six males and three
females, and in outlying institutions three males.
(g.) Syphilis.—Two children in the St. Saviour sub-district died
from congenital syphilis.
(h.) Erysiptelas was the cause of one death in St. Saviour.
(i.) Other Septic Diseases.—There were two deaths from other
septic diseases, one in Christchurch, and one in an outlying
institutions.
II. Dietetic Diseases.
There were five cases of death from alcoholism, one in St.
Saviour's, three in Christchurch, and one in an outlying institution.
III. Constitutional Diseases.
(a.) Cancer.—This disease claimed twenty-four victims distributed
as follows: St. Saviour, three males and one
female; Christchurch, three males and four females, and
in outlying institutions nine males and four females.
(b.) Tabes Mesenterica.—In the St. Saviour sub-district there
were registered seven deaths, and in the Christchurch
sub-district five deaths, of whom eight were males and
four females.
(c.) Tubercular Meningitis.— In St. Saviour three children died
from this disease, in Christchurch seven, while in the
outlying institutions five more deaths were registered.
(d.) Phthisis.—This disease was the cause of death in the following
cases: In St. Saviour, thirteen males and four females;