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with Pneumonia, Broncho-pneumonia or Bronchitis, one of these three diseases
being in all probability the true cause of death; Whooping cough, 7; Scarlet
fever, 7; Typhoid fever, 6 ; Fever (not defined), 1; one death is attributed
to Typhus, but of this, after most careful inquiries into all the circumstances
of the case, I have grave doubts; Diphtheria, 1; Small-pox, none. For the past
three years there has been no death from Small-pox.
The total number of deaths due to these diseases is 69 as against 73 in 1887-8,
and 81 for 1886-7, showing a small decrease. The death-rate per thousand per
annum for the entire number of Zymotic diseases is 1.55.

Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.
1 he number of deaths due to affections of the lungs and their coverings is
198; in the year 1887-8, the number was 316; and in the year 1886-7, the number
was 323.
1 he death-rate per thousand per annum is 4.44. It has not been possible for
me to estimate the number of patients who have died from Chronic Bronchitis as
distinct from those who have died from the acute form of the disease. The table