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absence of the mother to earn her contribution to the family
means; ignorance, poverty, and dirty habits, all contribute to this
lamentable state of things.
The following Table exhibits the number of deaths from the
seven principal Zymotic diseases in the 7 years 18G9 to 1875, and
in the year 1876:—
Disease.
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
Annual Average of
7 years.
1869—1875
Proportion of
Deaths to 1,000
Deaths in 7 years.
1869—1875
1876
Proportion of
Deaths to 1,000
Deaths in 1876.
Smallpox
29
34
110
8
3
0
0
26
19.5
13
9
Measles
27
12
30
40
65
36
20
33
24.3
36
25
Scarlet Fever
152
43
18
19
19
105
48
58
42.8
43
30
Diphtheria
9
4
4
2
4
4
1
4
2.9
4
2.7
Whooping Cough
89
44
47
49
70
30
79
58
43.2
31
21
Fever
12
21
18
13
19
26
15
18
13.0
22
15
Diarrhœa
65
73
67
64
85
45
77
68
50.4
65
45
Total
383
231
294
195
265
246
240
265
196.1
214
147.7
From an examination of this Table, it will be seen that the
deaths from Smallpox, though below the average of the last seven
years, were above the number in any year since 1871. That the
deaths from Measles were slightly above, and the deaths from
Scarlet Fever considerably below, the average of the last seven
years. That the deaths from Diphtheria represented the average.
That the deaths from Whooping Cough were considerably below
the average, the deaths from Fever slightly above it, while the
deaths from Diarrhoea very nearly represented the average of the
last seven years.