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Fifty-five deaths were due to Diarrhoea, being 8 below the
annual average of the last ten years. Of every 1,000 deaths registered
39 were due to this disease.
Thus to the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, viz., Smallpox,
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Fever, and
Diarrhoea, there were due 246 deaths, being 15 below the annual
average of the last ten years; the death rate per 1,000 of the
population from these causes was 4.2. Of every 1,000 deaths registered
172 were due to these diseases.
Constitutional Diseases caused the deaths of 183 persons,
of whom 73 were below the age of 5 years. Ten were due to
Cancer, 39 to Tabes, 113 to Phthisis, and 15 to Hydrocephalus.
Local Diseases were fatal to 549 persons, of whom 233 were
below the age of 5 years. Forty-four deaths were due to Inflammation
of the Brain, 29 to Apoplexy, 51 to Convulsions, 62 to
Heart Disease, 154 to Bronchitis, 92 to Pneumonia, and 18 to
Diseases of the Liver.
Developmental Diseases caused a mortality of 116, of
which number 71 died below the age of 5 years. Thirteen deaths
were registered from Premature Birth, 15 from Teething, 38 from
Old Age, and 38 from Atrophy and Debility.