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gives a zymotic death rate of 0.29 per thousand, while that
for England and Wales was 2.14 for the year.
Causes of Death.
Of these 117 deaths, 53 are males and 64 females.
Thirty were 70 years and upwards, and eighteen were under
one year of age. There died of phthisis 7, of other
respiratory diseases 21 (including one of pneumonia in the
County Asylum), of heart disease 17, of cancer 6, of
influenza 9, of violence 5. There were 12 inquests during
the year.
Births.
There is a falling off in the number of births from 210
in 1894 to 193 in 1895. Of these 94 were boys and 99 girls.
The birth rate is therefore 18.6 per thousand, the rate for
England and Wales being 30.3. The deaths of infants
were in the ratio of 93.2 per thousand births registered.
The following are some particulars respecting the
various diseases of the zymotic group:—
Small Pox.
No case of this disease is reported.
Enteric Fever.
There were five cases and two deaths. The first case
of the year did not occur till October 3rd and was that of a
gentleman who had been staying at one of the watering
places on the South Coast. He was attended at home and
subsequently disinfection was thoroughly done. There was
no occasion for suspecting any local cause, in fact quite the
contrary.
The second case was that of a male aged 28 who goes
daily to his employment in London. He left work on
November 11th, was removed to the Isolation Hospital
to be under observation on the 16th, tbe diagnosis was
made and notification sent on the 17th together with an
explanatory letter from the Doctor in charge, who gave it
as his opinion that " he contracted his illness outside