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Diseases acknowledged to be caused by cold and damp were very
destructive. There were 390 deaths from bronchitis, 296 from
phthisis, and 192 from pneumonia. All lung affections are much
Influenced by cold and wet.
945 deaths occurred under one year against 944 the year before;
and the deaths under five years have increased; 1,552 against 1,358 in
the previous year. 278 deaths occurred in persons at and over 65 years
of age; 186 persons died from 75 to 85; 46 from 85 to 95; and
one death was registered at 101; whilst in the previous year, tho
woather being very cold and damp, 243 died at 65 to 75 ; 163 from
75 to 85; 45 from 85 to 96; and 7 from 95 and upwards.
In infancy tho largest number of deaths was caused by lung
disoase (224) comprising 95 from bronchitis; 54 from pneumonia;
and 75 from other pulmonary affections. The diseases which came
next in order of fatality were atrophy and debility. 146 deaths;
convulsions 76; whooping-cough 95; premature birth 63; and
diarrhoea 83.
In old age 151 deaths were caused by bronchitis; 59 by heart
disease; and 45 by paralysis; but the largest number, 238, was
registered under the term of " old age.'''
During the winter and spring months (December, January,
February, and March,) of the year ending 25th March, 1882, there
were 955 deaths registered, whilst in the corresponding months of
the previous year there were 1,013 deaths.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES caused 549 deaths—199 by whooping
cough; 123 by diarrhoea; 51 by scarlet fever; 89 by measles; 13
by diptheria; and 74 by other zymotic diseases. 95 of the 199
deaths from whooping cough occurred in infants under one year
of age. 83 of the 123 deaths from Diarrhoea occurred under one
year. The influence of age is much more manifest, 154 of the
199 deaths from whooping cough were in infants under two years,
and 96 of the 123 deaths from diarrhœa occurred in infants under
two years of age. There were 44 deaths from small pox.