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Comparison with preceding 5 years:
No. of Rate per 1000
deaths of population
1915 395 11.96
1916 423 12.69
1917 370 10.34
1918 517 15.04
1919 389 11.21
1920 363 10.61
As compared with 1919, there was, by the number
indicated in brackets an increase in deaths from the
following diseases :
Zymotic diseases (which include the common infectious
diseases) (7); Pneumonia (8); violence and suicide (8);
Alcoholism and cirrhosis of the liver produced three deaths,
as compared with two last year, and an average of 7.3 for
the 10 years prior to 1916.
There was (by the number indicated) a diminution in
the deaths from influenza (25), pulmonary consumption (7)
and cancer (11).
Following were the principal death rates per 1,000 of
the population:
Zymotic Diseases 0.33
Tuberculosis (All forms) 0.83
Cancer 1.19
Infant deaths.
Nett deaths under one year of age 47
Rate per 1,000 births 58.2
Average for preceding 5 years 89.6
Death rate per 1,000 births of legitimate
infants 48.9
Death rate per 1,000 births of illegitimate
infants 196.0