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Small Pox was only fatal in 2 cases, and scarlet
fever in 8; Diptheria in 17 cases, including some,
doubtful ones, often confounded with croup and simple
tonsilitis. In the Fever cases there are many complicating
causes of death.
TABLE III.
The following Table shows the Annual, Quarterly, and Comparative
Mortality among the Children under 5 years of age:—
Causes of Death.
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
Septem.
October,
Novem.
Decern.
January,
February,
March.
Year.
Comparative Mortality.
To
Population.
Per 1,000 of
Population.
Small Pox & Varicella
1
1
1 in 103,084
0.008
Measles
6
8
14
44
72
l in 1,431
0.698
Scarlatina
1
1
4
—
6
l in 17,180
0.058
Diphtheria, Croup
5
2
6
5
18
1 in 5,726
0.174
Whooping Cough
29
13
11
16
69
1 in 1,494
0.669
Fever, Infantile
1
—
1
—
2
l in 51,542
0.019
Erysipelas
1
2
2
—
5
l in 20,617
0.043
Diarrhoea, Cholera
3
64
4
6
77
l in 1,338
0.746
Kespiratory Organs
24
26
39
37
126
l in 818
1.222
Tubercular Diseases
44
33
23
42
14-2
1 in 715
1.377
Violent Deaths
11
11
9
14
45
1 in 2,290
0.436
Other Diseases
57
55
43
46
201
1 in 512
1.949
Totals
182
215
156
211
764
l in 134
7.339
From the above table it appears that the deaths of
young children under five years of age amount to
38.34 of the total annual deaths, or 7.41 per 1,000 of
the general population. In comparison with the metropolis
and other large towns it is much below the
average, and looks highly favourable to this parish.
But if we take streets or groups of streets in districts
and try them separately, different results will appear.
The census of 1871 does not give the number of children
in any street, or groups of streets or districts, it