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Violence terminated the existence of 56 persons, of whom
19 were under the age of 5 years. Eleven deaths were due to
Fractures and Contusions; 21 to Drowning; 15 to Suffocation,
while 7 persons committed Suicide.
The Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases, viz., Smallpox,
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Fever, and
Diarrhoea caused 312 deaths, which is equivalent to a death rate
of 5.4 per 1,000 of the population, and indicates a proportion of
202 deaths from these causes for every 1,000 deaths registered.
Pulmonary Diseases (other than Phthisis) killed 310
persons, thus indicating a death rate of 5.3 per 1,000 of the
population. Of every 1,000 deaths registered 201 were due todiseases
of this class.
Tubercular Diseases were fatal to 164 persons; the deathsfrom
these diseases were equal to a death rate of 2.6 per 1,000
population, and of every 1,000 deaths registered 106 were due to
such diseases.
The Wasting Diseases of Infants caused 136 deaths,
which number indicates a death rate of 2.3 per 1,000 population.
Of every 1000 deaths registered 88 were due to diseases of
this class.