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time among young children. The spring quarter, as a
rule, is the healthiest of the four. The prevalence of
zymotic diseases is little influenced by season.
The following table, which comprises the total mortality
of the last three years, quarter by quarter, is designed
to show, first, the general truth of the rules which
have just been laid down, and second, the variations
therefrom which have characterized the mortality of
the last three years:—
Whole
Mortality.
Mortality
under 5.
Mortality
over 60.
Mortality
from
Bronchitis
&c., under 5.
Mortality
from
Bronchitis
&c., over 5.
Mortality
from
Diarrhœa
under 5.
1871.
1st Quarter
579
194
169
33
68
4
2nd „
513
198
107
30
46
3
3rd „
598
319
105
17
29
104
4th „
659
284
155
87
87
9
1872.
1st Quarter
733
316
166
46
87
2
2nd „
474
183
105
30
34
5
3rd „
579
282
122
16
22
89
4th „
536
230
135
48
43
11
1873.
1st Quarter
591
221
157
49
89
7
2nd „
532
210
124
45
60
7
3rd „
599
295
115
17
23
97
4th „
586
250
188
92
97
8
1871—Total
2,349
995
536
167
230
120
1872- „
2,322
1,011
528
140
186
107
1873- „
2,408
976
584
203
269
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