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From an examination of this Table it will be apparent that
the birth-rate for the year was above the average of the preceding
years; that the death-rate, though above the average, was below
the rate for the preceding year; and that the death-rate among
children was higher than the average and than the corresponding
rate of last year. The following Table, exhibiting as it does the
mortality from certain classes of disease, and proportions to population,
and to 1,000 deaths, will assist us in coming to a conclusion
as regards the mortality among children:—
Total
Deaths.
Deaths per
1,000 of
Population.
Proportion
of Deaths to
1,000
Deaths.
1. Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases
198
3.4
156
2. Pulmonary Diseases
(other than Phthisis.)
294
5.0
232
3. Tubercular Diseases
175
3.0
138
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants .
125
2.1
99
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants
128
2.1
101
NOTES.
I. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Whooping Cough, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast
Milk, and Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions,
and Teething.
From a perusal of this Table, it will be evident that though
the total deaths, and consequently the deaths per 1,000 of the
population, were less in the year 1876 than in the year preceding,
yet the proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths was higher than in