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The number of still-born children is unknown. There are 95
deaths in the class of zymotic diseases—half being measles—
which was the epidemic of the season and carried off 46 young
children. Its severity was influenced by the cold weather.
The chest and tubercular diseases are very high—the extreme
cold and great fog of December left traces of their effects for
the several weeks following.
The fever cases are a very mixed group, and include
rheumatic fevers, puerperal fevers, with typhoid.
The deaths in young children are, as usual, very high- 372
of total deaths, far too high, indicating some grave fault somewhere—84
young children were taken off by measles, whooping
cough and bronchitis, no doubt, deaths all accelerated by undue
exposure to cold while suffering from attacks of these complaints ;
86 more deaths are from the consumption class (always high
during the winter months); 29 deaths were from violence or
accidental; 3 from suicide; and 3 from infanticide; these latter
by person or persons unknown, who are thereby guilty of wilful
murder of newly-born infants. 53 inquests were held during
the quarter, and 2 bodies were brought to the Mortuary or
Dead-house of St. Mary's Churchyard. The fever ambulance
was only used 5 times.