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Diseases of the Respiratory Organs,
Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy 66
Phthisis 26
Heart Disease 32
Diarrhœa 21
There were 19 Inquests held during the year.
Deaths resulted from natural causes in 10 of these, 4
from accidental injuries, 2 from drowning, 2 from
suicide, and 1 from suffocation.
The following table epitomises the ages at which
the deaths occurred:
Deaths under 1 year
104
152 under 5
years of age.
„ from 1 year and under 5 years
48
„ „ 5 years and under 15 „
12
186 over 5
years of age.
„ „ 15 „ „ 25 „
8
„ „ 25 „ „ 65 „
94
„ over 65 years
72
338
10 of these deaths occurred between the ages of
80 and 90, and 1 attained the age of 90.
Infantile Mortality.
The rate of this mortality or the proportion of
deaths under one year of age in every thousand
births was 154; in 1892, 169; and in 1891,
134. It will be seen from this that last year
compares favorably with the one preceding, and it is
a matter of vital importance to the welfare of the
parish that the rate should be annually reduced.
This can be primarily obtained by preventing overcrowding
and condemning all houses which are found
to be unfit for habitation. According to the statistics
quoted in Ashby and Wright's work on " Diseases
of Children," in this country out of every 1000 children
born, on an average 149 die before the end of
their first year of life, and 263 before the age of five
years. During the next five years, from five to ten