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The deaths per 1,000 of the population from the above named
causes, were at the rate of 5.3., and the proportion of deaths from
these causes to every 1,000 deaths was 211.
Pulmonary diseases destroyed 267 lives, thus occasioning a
mortality of 4.4 per 1,000 population, and giving a proportion of
deaths to 1,000 deaths of 176; that is to say, that for every 1,000
deaths registered from all causes, 176 of them were due to diseases
of the Pulmonary organs.
Diseases of a Tubercular character caused the death of 176
persons ; the deaths per 1,000 of the population from these causes
were three, and the proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths was 116.
The Wasting diseases of infants, such as Marasmus, Atrophy,
Debility, and Premature Birth, caused the destruction of 91 lives;
the deaths per 1,000 of the population from these diseases were 1.5,
and the proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths was GO.
The Convulsive disease of infants are credited with 112 deaths
this number indicates a mortality per 1,000 population of 1.8, and a
proportion of 74 for every 1,000 deaths registered.
Of all these diseases, the one that claims our special attention
is Smallpox, and it is to that disease that I now beg to draw your
attention. Already in the Autumn of 1876 symptoms of its
advance began to be observed; and before the year was ended, we
found ourselves assailed by it in an epidemic form.With the new
year the disease increased, and in the month of January alone 64
cases were reported to me. Information of these cases was given