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SENILE MORTALITY.
Of the 1,178 deaths recorded, 207—or 17.57 per cent.—were of
65 years and upwards, as compared with 17.8 per cent. in 1902.
In the St. James' Street Ward 15 were 75 or upwards.
„ High Street Ward 17 „ „
„ Hoe Street Ward 29 „ „
„ Wood Street Ward 20 ,, ,,
„ Northern Ward 17 „ „
The following table shows the number and causes of death for the
whole districts and the wards.
The table is a combination of Schedule B (Form of the Medical
Officers of Health Society), and Table IV. (Local Government Board
Form).
ZYMOTIC MORTALITY
The " Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases," viz., Small-Pox, Measles,
Scarlatina, Diphtheria, Fever (Typhus, Enteric, and Continued),
Whooping Cough, and Diarrhoea, caused 193 deaths. If Enteritis in
children under 1 year be included the deaths were 210.
As deaths due to Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis, Muco-Enteritis, and
Gastric Catarrh are not included in the Zymotic Mortality rate, it
follows that any deaths omitted from these causes (that rightly belong to
Diarrhoea) lower the Zymotic rate and vice versa.
To obviate this lowering of the Zymotic rate, all deaths certified as
Enteritis in children under 1 year are included, and consequently the
rate is based on 210 deaths.
These deaths represent a rate of 1.97, compared with 1.31 in 1902,
2.82 in 1901, 2.72 in 1900, 2.81 in 1899, and an average of 2.65 for the
preceding 10 years.
The deaths from Measles are greatly in excess of any of the previous
5 years, those from Whooping Cough a little over the average, while
Scarlatina and Diphtheria maintain their improved rates of the last
few years.
The following tabular statement shows the mortality in the last
6 years from Zymotic diseases:—