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DISEASES.
Christ-
church.
St. Saviour.
Totals.
Totals.
Zymoyic
5
13
Dropsy, &c.
2
4
Tubercular
4
9
Nervous
4
7
Heart
8
6
Lungs
18
16
Digestive Organs
2
2
Kidneys
3
2
Childbirth
...
1
Joints, Bones, &c.
...
1
Skin
...
Malformation
...
Premature Birth
...
...
Atrphy
...
2
Old Age
...
...
Suddenness
...
...
Violence
1
2
Not specified
...
...
Total
42
65
The death-rate was 24.9 per 1,000 of the population, and
in order to render an exact calculation, I have added the
deaths which occurred in public institutions outside the district
and deducted those which occurred in Christchurch
Workhouse belonging to other parishes. By this means the
precise number of deaths of persons belonging to the different
sanitary districts is known, and reliable data secured upon
which to calculate trustworthy rates of mortality. The corrected
death-rate will then read 26.2 per 1,000.
During the year under notice 122 deaths were caused by
the principal zymotic diseases.
The high rate of mortality is chiefly due to the great
increase in the number of deaths from measles, scarlet fever,
whooping-cough and diarrhoea.
I removed 42 cases of Scarlet Fever to the hospitals under
the management of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and 10
of Typhoid Fever. All these cases were of the non-pauper
class, and were admitted solely by the courtesy and kindness