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effect of juvenile smoking, concerning which there is a
general opinion amongst all classes that the habit is
if not injurious, (?) or dangerous, (?) at least very
unnecessary.
Senility or Old Age.
One hundred and forty-four persons reached the age
of 65. and upwards, including 60 septuagenarians and
24 octogenarians. Four attained the age of 90 and
upwards.
Infectious or Zymotic Diseases.
Diseases of this class were responsible for 37 deaths.
For the year 1907 they amounted to 59, and for the
year 1906 the total was 55.
Smallpox 0
Measles 1
Scarlet Fever 0
Diphtheria 2
Whooping Cough 11
Enteric (or Typhoid) 2
Diarrhœa 10
Enteritis 8
Croup 0
Erysipelas 2
Puerperal Fever 1
The zymotic death rate was 1.01 per thousand compared
with 1.64 for 1907 and 1.62 for 1906. That for
London was 1.35 and for the 76 great towns.