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The Deaths of Children under 5 years amounted to 47.5 per
cent. of the total deaths, being somewhat below the average of the
last ten years.
Our share of the total number of deaths, in Public Institutions,
was 250.
Zymotic Diseases caused the deaths of 329 persons, of whom
264 were below the ago of 5 years. Twenty deaths were due to
Smallpox, of which number only 5 occurred in the District; 37 to
Measles; 112 to Scarlet Fever; 8 to Diphtheria; 62 to Whooping
Cough; 17 to Fever (Typhus 5, Enteric 11, Simple continued 1),
and 56 to Diarrhoea.
The mortality from Smallpox was considerably below the
average of the last ten years, the decennial average being 32.
Of every 1,000 deaths registered, 13 were due to this disease. One
hundred and twenty-one cases were reported to me, and they were
spread over the year as follows:—
January 0
February 12
March 3
April 12
May 16
June 4
July 1
August 2
September 1
October 0
November 20
December 50