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TABLE IV.
Showing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1887. from Certain
groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population,and
to 1,000 Deaths from all caunes; also the Number of Deaths of
Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases
and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all
causes under one year.
Division I.
(Adults).
Total
Deaths.
Deaths per
1,ooo of
Population,
at all ages.
Deaths per
l.ooo of
Total
Deaths at
all age.
1. Principal Zymotic Diseases
233
4
160
2. Pulmonary Diseases
357
6
246
3. Principal Tubercular
Diseases
216
3.6
150
Division II.
(Infants under One Year).
Total
Deaths.
Deaths per
1.ooo of
Births.
Deaths per
l.ooo of
Total Deaths
under 1 yr.
4. Wasting Diseases
6O
29
165
5. Convulsive Diseases
57
27
157
NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Whooping Cough, Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and
Simple Continued Fevers, and Diarrhoea, thirteen
of the deaths occurred in Hospitals situated beyond
the limits of the District.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Tuberculosis, Rickets, and
Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, Want of Breast
Milk, and Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis,
sions and Teething.