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Table III. shews the annual mortality due to
the more important zymotic diseases during the
last 10 years, together with their prevalence in the
different groups of districts for the year 1882.
From the table it will be seen that during
the year 1882 Hooping-cough and Diphtheria were
unusually fatal; that, as compared with the preceding
year, there was some diminution in the mortality
from Measles, Scarlet Fever, and the group of so
called "continued" Fevers; and that the mortality
from Small Pox had undergone very great reduction.
It will be observed also that all these
diseases caused more deaths in the South, than in
any other of the groups.
It must be recollected, however, that the
population of the South is nearly as large as that
of the East and West districts combined; that it is
almost four times as large as that of the Central
districts; and that it is about one-third larger than
the North.
There is no doubt however, unfortunately,