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Table I shows how the deaths were distributed according to age throughout thepopulation

Table II shows the number of deaths brought about by disease and other causes,, and the rate per thousand of population in each case : —-

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Number of Percentage of Deaths. Total Deaths. Under 1 week 1] 1-05" 1 week to 1 month 2 1 21 1 month to 3 months 2 1 >18 21 ; >18-95 3 months to 6 months 1 1-05 1 6 months to 12 months .. 12 J 12-65 j 1 year to 2 years 7 7-35 2 years to 3 years 4 4-2 3 years to 4 years 1 1-05 4 years to 5 years 1 1-05 5 years to 10 years 1 1-05 Over 10 years 63 66-35 Totals 95 100-00

— Number. Rate Per J 1,000 Population. (a) Infectious diseasesTuberculosis Infective hepatitis (jaundice) Infantile gastro-enteritis Acute laryngitis (with obstruction) Broncho-pneumonia Influenza .. .. .. (b) Other causesSenility (over seventy years) Malnutrition Birth injury Ulcerative stomatitis .. .. Antepartum haemorrhage (placenta prsevia) Carbuncles, abscesses, septicaemia, &c. Ovarian tumour Chronic bronchitis and debility Hemiplegia (cerebral thrombosis) Malignant tumours Prematurity Indefinite and undiagnosed complaints Totals 28 3 2 1 4 2 6-40 0-69 0-46 0-23 0-91 0-46 42 per cer 22 4 1 4 1 4 1 1 3 2 1 11 Y ' it. of total. 5-02 0-91 0-23 0-91 0-91 0-91 0-23 0-23 0-69 0-46 0-23 2-51 58 per cen t. of total. 95 21-71