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Diseases acknowledged to be induced by cold and damp were
very destructive. There were 393 deaths from bronchitis,
282 from phthisis, and 196 from pneumonia, making a total of 873
deaths registered under the above headings.
1,452 deaths occurred under one year of age—against 1,413 in
the previous year. The deaths under five years of age have
decreased—2,323 against 2,399 in the previous year. 684
deaths occurred of persons 65 years of age and upwards, viz:—
475 from 65 to 75; 169 from 75 to 85, and 40 from 85 to 95.
In the previous year 537 persons died between 65 and 75 years
of age; 249 from 75 to 85; 42 from 85 to 95, and two over 95
years of age.
In childhood (from 1 to 5 years of age) the largest number of
deaths was caused by lung disease (363), comprising 122 from
bronchitis, 119 from pneumonia, and 122 from congestion of lungs,
&o. The diseases which came next in order of fatality were
atrophy and debility, (116 deaths); convulsions 87; whooping
cough 108; promature birth 76, and Diarrhœa 109.
From the age of 55 and upwards 192 deaths were caused by
bronchitis; 66 by heart disease; and 73 by Paralysis; 216 were
registered under the term of "old age."
ZYMOTIC DISEASES caused 378 deaths, viz:—13 by small
pox; 52 by scarlet fever; 26 by enteric fever; 4 by typhus; 14
by diptheria; 30 by measles; 108 by whooping cough, and 130 by
diarrhœa, and 44 by other zymotic diseases.
58 of the 109 deaths from whooping cough occurred in infants
under one year of age. The influence of age is manifest,—98 of
the 109 deaths from whooping cough were in infants under two
years of ago, and 108 of the 130 deaths from diarrhœa occurred in
infants under two years of age
DISINFECTION.—To arrest the spread of contagious diseases
806 houses wore disinfected, the infected rooms fumigated by
sulphur, and subsequently the windows kept open to expose the
room freely to the oxydising influences of the open air. The walls
of the rooms, where necessary, were stripped and otherwise cleansed.