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Zymotic Death Rates.*
The Death Rate from the Scheduled Notifiable Diseases, viz. :—
Small Pox, Scarlatina, Diptheria, Membranous Croup, Typhus,
Typhoid, Puerperal Fever and Erysipelas, is 0.3 per 1,000 persons
living. West, 0.2. East, 0.3 per 1,000.
1893 1.4 per 1,000
1894 0.3
1895 0.3
1896 0.9
1897 1.5
1898 1.7
1899 0.1
1900 0.3
1901 0.1
1902 0.3
Average Rate,
0.9 per
1,000.
The Death Rate Zymotic Diseases not notifiable, viz.:—Measles,
Whooping Cough and Diarrhoea, is 1.9 per 1,000 persons living.
West, 2.3. East, 1.5 per 1,000.
1893 1.5 per 1,000
1894 1.1 „ „
1895 1.0 „ „
1896 2.0 „ „
1897 1.6 „ „
1898 1.4 „ „
1899 2.5 „ „
1900 2.2„ „
1901 2.9„ „
1902 1 .9 „ „
Average Rate,
1.8 per
1,000.
The Total Rate from all Zymotic Diseases is 2.2 per 1,000.
West, 2.6. East, 1.8 per 1,000.
1893 2.9 per 1,000
1894 2'4 „ „
1895 1.3 „ „
1896 2.9 „ „
1897 3.1 „ „
1898 3.1 „ „
1899 3.6 „ „
1900 3.5 „ „
1901 3.0 „ „
1902 2.2 „ „
Average Rate,
2.8 per
1,000.
The Death Rate from the Zymotic diseases furnishes a very
popular standard of the healthiness of a District. The conclusion
to be drawn from a consideration of the total rate from all Zymotic
diseases is apt to be fallacious, since this rate may be excessive owing
* Corrected rates for past 10 years.