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Scarlet Fever—No deaths.
Measles—Two deaths, both below 5 years of age.
Diphtheria and Group—Two deaths, both below 5 years
of age.
Whooping Cough—Five deaths, all below 5 years of age.
Enteric Fever— No deaths.
Diarrhcea—Eleven deaths, 8 of these being below 1 year
of age.
Mortality in
Age Croups.
As will be seen by the Table of Causes of
Death, at the end of this Section, there were
156 deaths above 65 years of age, and 65 below
one year of age.
Infantile
Mortality.
The total number of deaths under one year was
65; this is at the rate of 106 per 1,000 births.
The average for the preceding 10 years was 117.
The Infantile Mortality of England and Wales
for 1908 was 121.
Tuberculosis.
The total number of deaths attributed to this
disease was 37 being 8-7 per cent, of the total
deaths as compared with 11.3 per cent, for
1907, 11.9 per cent, for 1906, 8 per cent, for 1905, and 15 per
cent, for 1904. This is a rate of 0.8 per 1,000 of the population
as compared with 1.3 for 1907, 1.3 for 1906, 1 for 1905, and 1.8
for 1904.
Respiratory
Diseases.
71 deaths were registered as due to diseases
of the chest other than phthisis. This gives a
mortality of 2.0 per 1,000 of the population as
compared with 1.7 for 1907, 1.3 for 1906, 1.9
for 1905, 1.6 for 1904, and 1.5 for 1903.