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12
ZYMOTIC DISEASE DEATH RATE.
Under this heading are included deaths from Small.pox,
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Typhus, Enteric and
Puerperal Fevers, Whooping Cough and Epidemic Diarrhoea.
They number 9, or 9 per cent. of our total deaths, or .63
of our total population.
The Table, B, will show at a glance the various rates.
The diseases will be spoken of under their respective headings
later.
In Table III it will be again seen that, which was pointed
out. last year, much the largest incidence of infectious disease
is experienced up to 15 years, the proportion being 230 to 28 for
all the remainder of the ages put together. The total of 258
notified oases, included 153 Measles. Of the deaths from these
diseases 8 took place before the age of 15, and 1 over.
It is important to shield children from infection a;s long
as possible, because not only is there a lessened chance of
contracting infection, but the later they get it the better are
their chances of recovery.