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RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
The number of deaths due to diseases of the Respiratory Organs
were again very low, the fatal cases numbering 970, as against 1,040 in
1888, 1,169 in 1887, and 1,201 in 1886.
SMALL POX.
No death from Small Pox has occurred in the Parish during the
year; the one death tabulated as such being really due to Varicella
(Chicken Pox).
MEASLES.
Measles was again epidemic during the year, more especially in
the months of January, February, March and April, the mortality being
considerably above the number recorded in the previous year, viz.,
180, as against 151 in 1888.
WHOOPING COUGH.
Whooping Cough occasioned only 112 deaths during 1889, this
number being the lowest recorded since 1870. The deaths from this
cause were 230 in 1888, 238 m 1887, 205 in 1886, and 200 in 1885.
The number of deaths in March was 22, in April 15, and in May 17,
after which the numbers decreased considerably.
SCARLET FEVER.
Thirty-two deaths were recorded as due to Scarlet Fever, as against 50
in each of the two previous years, 1888 and 1887, and 25 in 1886.
DIPHTHERIA.
Diphtheria occasioned 44 deaths, as against 35 in 1888, 27 in 1887,
54 in 1886, and 138 in 1885.