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As measles, whooping cough and diarrhoea are not included in the list of notifiable
diseases, I have only been able to state the number of deaths that have occurred from these
three complaints. (See table on page 37). I have no means of ascertaining the number of
patients said to be suffering from them.
Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.
The number of deaths due to diseases of the lungs and their coverings, is 198, as
compared with 198 in the previous year. In the year 1887-8, the number was 316; and in
the year 1886-7, the number was 325. The vast decrease in the two years (this and last year),
as compared with the other two years, is accounted for thus:—In the two last-named years,
i.e., 1887-8 and 1886-7, the deaths reported from the Infirmary of non-parishioners had been
included in the estimate. But although in this report the non-parishioners have been
excluded, the parishioners who have died in out-lying districts from these diseases have been
included. By this means a more accurate statement as to these diseases has been obtained.
I am again unable to distinguish correctly the chronic and acute forms of bronchitis, as the
greater number of deaths recorded from this complaint are merely stated to be bronchitis.
The death rate per thousand per annum is 4.39.
1 he following tabular statement gives the number of deaths due to each form of lung
disease, and the death rate per thousand per annum for the last four years:—
1889.
1888-9.
1887-8.
1886-7.
Phthisis
64
1.38
61
1.37
90
20
114
2.7
Bronchitis
81
1.75
77
1.73
114
2.59
149
3.51
Pneumonia
35
.71
30
.67
71
1.6
36
.85
Bron.-Pneumonia
14
.45
23
.51
34
.77
23
.55
Pleurisy
2
.004
2
.045
3
.07
none
Pleuro-Pneumonia
1
.022
5
.11
4
.09
1
.024
Emphysema
1
.022
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