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Age at death.—Infant mortality.—The mortality of
children was unusually high, owing to the greater
prevalence of Scarlet fever, and to other diseases more
particularly affecting children; 23 per cent. of all deaths
occurred during the first year of life; upwards of 38 per
cent. to children under five years of age, and 47 per
cent. to persons of 20 and under.
At the other extreme of life the mortality was
below that of the previous year, but 25 deaths were
registered as resulting from old age alone, and there
were 54 deaths of persons over 70 years of age, viz.,
from 70 to 80, 29; 80 to 90, 21; and from 90 and
upwards, 4.
Sickness and mortality among the Union poor.—
Table V. in the Appendix shews the number of persons
who were under treatment, as well as the deaths which
took place among the out-door Union poor of the
district. There were 130 cases under treatment during
the year, but these figures do not fairly represent the
number of new cases, as a large proportion of our parish
poor are old and infirm persons, and being permanently
on the books, are treated over and over again for the
same or different diseases, without obtaining a fresh
order, or being entered as a new case on the register.
In the Zymotic class there were 23 cases; these
include 9 of Scarlet Fever, 3 of Small-pox, 5 of Whooping
Cough, 2 of Measles, and 4 of Diarrhoea, without
any fatal case.
In the other classes there were 3 deaths from
respiratory diseases, 2 from consumption, and 7 from
other diseases.