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Rate, per thousand of the above 40 cases 6.25
„ „ excluding Chicken Pox 5.3
„ „ 1897-1906 10.3
From the foregoing tables it will be seen that the returns,
of registration follow those which are general throughout the
kingdom; birth and death rates both declining, the former 9
per cent., the latter 8 per cent. from those of 1906.
Differences in seasonal mortality have been slight, the
various totals in each quarter approximating each other.
Infantile mortality, although 5 per cent. more than 1906,
is still about 8 per cent. lower than the decennial rate.
Zymotic sickness shews a marked decrease owing to the
decline of the epidemic of Scarlet Fever, which, whilst totalling
16 in the first quarter, numbers only 11 during the remainder
of the year. Of the 34 cases, excluding Chicken Pox, 15 were
sent to the con-joint Hospital, all of whom recovered.
Chicken Pox ceased to be notifiable after June. Excepting
in the presence of an outbreak of Small Pox, when modified
forms of that disease might be mistaken, I do not think it
necessary to schedule Chicken Pox as notifiable.
I am glad to perceive that the allusion in my last annual
report to the futility of attempting to stamp out Scarlet Fever
or Measles by relegating the cases to Isolation Hospitals, at
great expense to the community, has been confirmed by the
practice of Dr. Thresh.
Phthisis claims 10 per cent. of our 52 deaths. Tubercular
diseases 3.5, Cancer, 10 per cent.