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2. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, Tabes Mesenterica, and deaths registered as
being caused by Hydrocephalus in children of more than 1 year.
4. Includes Infantile Hydrocephalus, Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething.
5. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy and Debility, Want of Breast Milk, and Premature Birth.
The mortality from the zymotic class of disease was nearly
as high as in 1876, viz.: 8.79 per 1000 population, against 3.80.
This group is rather heterogeneous, as it includes not only the
eruptive fevers, but remittent fever, rheumatism, influenza and
quinsy. As, however, the mortality from these is small they
may be almost dis-regarded. The death-rate from tubercular
diseases was nearly the same as usual, having been 2.90 against
2.91 in 1876, but from inflammatory diseases of the lungs was
in excess, having been 3.42 against 3.25 per 1000 population.
From convulsive and wasting diseases of infants the death-rate
was rather smaller, viz. : 2.00 against 2.24 per 1000. The toll
levied on the human race by these diseases varies but little in
this district from year to year, although as the density of
the population increases we might expect a larger death-rate
from most of the diseases included in the above list, except
perhaps from inflammatory diseases of the lungs.