View report page

30
Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
Between the ages of one and five years 280 deaths were
recorded, so that the deaths of children under the age of five
years numbered 929, or 42 per cent. of the total number.
These deaths were equivalent to an annual rate of 44.9 per
1,000 of the population estimated to be living at that age.
Insurance of Infants.
Certificates under the Friendly Societies were issued in
respect of 502 children under the age of live years; 54 per
cent. of the children dying at this age period being insured.
Mortality at School Age.
At the ages of 5 to 15 years, which is approximately the
school period of life, there were 77 deaths, or 3.5 per cent. of
those at all ages, representing a mortality of 2.4 per 1,000 of
those living at that age.
Mortality at Adolescence.
Between the ages of 15 and 25 years 94 deaths, or 4.4 per
cent. of the total number were recorded, the rate of mortality
at this age period being 3.3 per 1,000.
Mortality at Maturity.
687, or 31 per cent. of the deaths occurred between the
ages of 25 and 65 years, the mortality at this age period
being at the rate of 9.5 per 1,000.
Mortality at Decline.
At the age of 65 and upwards 430 deaths were registered,
or 19.4 per cent. of those at all ages, corresponding to a
death-rate of 82.4 per 1,000.
DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
To the seven principal infectious diseases 391 deaths were
ascribed, corresponding to a death-rate of 2.45 per 1,000,
which was 0.46 per 1,000 below the average rate of the ten
preceding years.