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TABLE III.
The following Table shows the Annual, Quarterly, and Comparative
Mortality among Children under 5 years of age :-
Causes of Death.
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
Septem,
October,
Novem.,
Decern.,
January,
Feb.
March.
Total.
Comparative Mortality.
Per 1,000.
To theTotal
Population.
Measles
18
1
2
2
23
0 22
1 in 4,573
Scarlet Fever
2
—
14
11
27
0.26
1 in 3,896
Diphtheria, Croup
4
8
9
7
28
0.27
1 in 3,756
Whooping Cough
11
3
0
5
19
0.18
1 in 5,536
Erysipelas
1
—
1
—
2
0.02
1 in 52,592
Fever
—
—
8
—
8
0.07
1 in 13,148
Diarrhoea
11
49
5
1
66
0.63
1 in 796
Tubercular Diseases
35
32
27
38
132
1.25
1 in 931
Respiratory „
30
9
31
43
113
1.07
1 in 4,382
Violent Deaths
5
2
7
10
24
0.23
1 in 2,390
Nervous Diseases
17
8
9
10
44
0.42
1 in 649
Other Diseases
27
45
43
47
162
1.54
1 in 162
Totals
161
157
156
174
648
6.16
The ratio of infantile mortality has been rather
decreasing for some years—from 48.7 per cent. of the
total deaths in 1868, I find it reduced to 33.3 in 1875,
being less than the general average, which is 39.3.
That however is too high.
TABLE IV.
The following Table shows the Annual, Quarterly, and Comparative
Mortality from Tubercular Class of Diseases:—
Causes of Death.
A pril,
May,
June,
July,
A ugust,
Septem.
October,
Novem.
Decern.,
January,
Feb.,
March.
Total.
Comparative Mortality
Per 1,000.
TotheTotal
Population.
Scrofula, Tuberculosis,
Tabes Mesenterica and
Marasmus
23
18
15
25
81
0.77
1 in 1,298
Hæmoptisis
56
35
61
53
205
1.95
1 in 513
Consumption and
Tubercular Pneumonia
Hydrocephalus,and
Scrofulous Meningitis
13
13
13
19
58
0.55
1 in 1,813
Totals
92
66
89
97
344
3.27
1 in 305
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