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21 „ Debility from Birth and Premature
Birth
13 ,, Old Age
29 ,, Various Causes
178
95 were males and 83 females
55 were under 1 year of age and 42 above 65.
The estimated population to the middle of
1895 is 11,187 and assuming this figure to be approximately
correct, the mortality from all causes was
at the average annual rate of 16.00 for every 1000
persons living. Comparing this mortality with
the average mortality of the last 10 years, of
which I enclose a table, I find that it is the highest
during that period, and exceeds the average mortality
by 2.19. The high mortality in 1895 was
attributable to two causes; one was due to the
high mortality amongst infants which amounted to
over 30 per cent, and the other to the great number
of deaths which occurred during the first G months
of the year, and which without doubt were caused
by the severe continuous frost in January and
February when Influenza became very prevalent,
and although the actual number of deaths from
that disease was not abnormally large, it left in
many persons after-effects which resulted fatally
in diseases of the respiratory organs.
The number of births was 269 of which 144
were males and 125 females.
The birth rate was 24.05 and the Infantile
mortality 204.6 per 1000 births.