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Wales for 1902 was 1.64, that for the 76 great towns 2.12 and Rural
England and Wales 1.14.
Small-pox.—1 death.
Scarlet fever.—6 deaths.
Measles.—17 deaths, all but one below five years of age.
Diphtheria.—4 deaths, all below five years of age.
Whooping couoh.—6 deaths, all below five years of age.
Enteric fever.— No deaths.
Diarrheal.—11 deaths, 10 of these being below one year of age.
As will be seen by the Table of Causes of death,.
Mortality in Age
at the end of this Section, there were 149 deaths
Croups.
above 65 years of age, and 59 below one year of
age. Of those above 65 years many were between 90 and 100.
The total number of deaths under one year was
Infantile Mortality.
59; this is at the rate of 92 per 1,000 births.
The average for the preceding 10 years was 138.
The total number of deaths attributed to this.
Tuberculosis.
disease was 42, being 10 per cent. of the total
deaths and a little over a rate of 1.3 per 1,000 of the population, as
compared with 1 for 1901.
„ 67 deaths were registered as due to diseases of
Respiratory Diseases.
the chest other than phthisis. This gives a
mortality of 2 per 1,000 of the population as against 2 5 for 1901.