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COMPARISON OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
births. deaths.
Christchurch Males 257 211
Females 243 120
500 331 Excess of Births, 169
St. Saviour Males 266 155
Females 243 124
509 279 Excess of Births, 230
1,009 610 „ 399
There was a considerable reduction in the Deaths from Diarrhœa
and Scarlet Fever, whilst Small Pox does not appear in the
mortality table. Whooping Cough and Measles were decidedly
epidemic. Of these, Measles was the most severe, and caused the
largest number of deaths.
As is generally the case, the fatality from Scarlet Fever was
specially marked during the months of September, October, and
November.
The following are the chief Sanitary Improvements which have
been effected during the year:—
At Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, James' Place, Union
Street. The water-closets were found to be in a dilapidated state,
without water-supply, and the drains were not trapped. The
water-closets have been put into a proper sanitary condition,
with a sufficient supply of water, and the drains trapped.
At Nos. 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, and 89, Park Street, and
Nos. 3, 4, and 5, Emerson Place. The tenants of these houses were
often complaining of most offensive smells in their dwellings and
at the rear of their premises. On examination a defective brickdrain
was found to be passing along the premises; the ground was
saturated with soil which had oozed through the brickwork.
This has been remedied by the substitution of an earthenwarepipe
drain, being laid with proper junctions and traps, and connected
with the main drain in Park Street.