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Causes of Death (the whole Colony). The deaths registered in the colony during 1904, arranged in the several classes according to their assigned causes, give the rates as follows: —

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Causes of Death. Number of Deaths. Proportion to Toti c be il Deaiha. o e o «> — o o 2 •~ , Total. £ § c *" o .5 S >. .£ « o 9. fr © Males. Females Total. Males. Females. Jlass I. Specific febrile or zymotic diseases, — Order 1. Miasmatic diseases „ 2. Diarrhceal diseases „ 3. Malarial diseases „ 4. Zoogenous diseases „ 5. Venereal diseases „ 6. Septic diseases ... Per Out. 3-16; 2-57'; Per Cent. 3-69 213 Per Cent. 3-38 3-24 2-39, 2-28 150 122 123 71. 273 193 7-58 2-24 13 32 9 48 22 80 0-27 0-67 : 0-27 1-44 0-27 0-26 0-98 094 7-02 672 0-21 114 Total Class I. 317 251 568 6-67 7-53 11-17 llaes II. Parasitic diseases i 17 ! ■23 0-36 0-18 0.29 0-27 012 'lass III. Dietetic diseases ... 33 19 52 0-69 0-57 0-64 0-62 0-82 llass IV. Constitutional diseases 848 724 1,572 17-84 21-71 19-441 18-60 18-70 ilass V. Developmental diseases 474 345 819 9-97 10-35 1018 9-69 10-77 Jlass VI. Local diseases, — Order 1. Diseases of nervous system „ 2. Diseases of organs of special 490 5 r 375 5 864 10 1031 0-11 11-22 0-15 10-68 012 10-22 012 10-75 0-07 sense „ 3. Diseases of circulatory sys576 377 953: 12-12 11-31 11-78 11-28 11-19 tem „ 4. Diseases of respiratory system „ 5. Diseases of digestive system „ 6. Diseases of lymphatic system „ 7. Diseases of urinary system „ 8. Diseases of reproductive system,— (a.) Of organs of generation (6.) Of parturition -„ 9. Diseases of locomotive system „ 10. Diseases of integumentary system 547 453 13 196 370 353 17 107 : 917 806 30 303! 11-51 9-531 1 0-27; 4-12' 11-10 10-59J 0-51 3-21 11-34; 9-97 0-38! 3-75 10-85 9-54 0-36 3-59 11-94 917 0-47 4-04 28 29 002 0-84J 0-36; 0-34 0-34 12 8o! 7 85 19 0 : 25! 0 21; 1-05 0-23 101 0-22 I 1-22 0-27 6 13i 013 0-21 016 i 015 027 7 Total Class VI. 2,299; 1 ,73O| [4,029 48-37 51-89 49-82: 47-68 49-73 Uass VII. Violence, —■ Order 1. Accident or negligence „ 2. Homicide 3. Suicide... „ 4. Execution 486 85 107 2 15 593 5 100 10-23 006 1-79 3-21 006! 0-45 i 7-38 7-02 006 0-06! 1-24 118 7-49 003 1-28 Total Class VII. i i 8-68 8-26 574 124 698 12-08 372 8-80 llass VIII. Ill-defined and not-speci-fied causes Grand totals ... ! 191 135 326 4 02 0-45 4-03: 3-86 3-86 ! 14,753 3,334^ 100-00 100 00 10000! 95-70 103-97