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Causes op Death. A comparison of the causes of deaths in 1910 and 1911 arranged according to an abridged classification, the percentage of each group to the total deaths, and the proportion per 10 000 persons living, is given in the following table : —

The next table shows the number of deaths from each principal cause for the five years 1906-10, and the proportion per 10,000 of the population.

Number .f Deaths. Portion to Total Deaths. Proportion per 10,000 living. Class. 1910. 1911. 1910. 1911. 1910. 1911. I I I. General diseases II. Diseases of the nervous system and of the organs of special sense III. Diseases of the circulatory system IV. Diseases of the respiratory system V. Diseases of the digestive system VI. Diseases of the genito-urinary system and adnexa VII. Puerperal condition VIII. Diseases of the skin and of the cellular tissue Total. 2,393 1,008 Total. Per Cent. Per Cent 2,288 24-83 24-00 940 10-46 : 9-86 24-10 10-15 22-54 9-26 1,412 911 1,026 436 1,444 14-65 15-15 988 9-45 • 10-36 918 ' 10-64 9-63 461 4-52 ! 4-83 14-22 9-18 10-34 4-39 14-23 9-74 9-05 4-54 117 33 114 : 1-21 i 1-20 41 , 0-34 0-43 23 0-19 0-24 56 0-67 0-59 674 7-46 ! 7-07 661 6-85 : 6-93 714 6-92 ! 7-49 212 1-81 ! 2-22 1-18 0-33 1-12 0-40 IX. Diseases of the organs of locomotion .. X. Malformations XI. Infancy XII. Old-age .. .. [] XIII. Violence XIV. Ill-defined causes 18 65 719 660 667 174 0-18 0-65 7-24 6-66 6-72 1-75 0-23 (J -55 6-64 6-51 7-04 2-09 Totals 9,639 9,534 100-00 100-00 97-09 93-94

Cause. Number of Deaths. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. Number of Deaths. Proportion of 10,000 of Mean Population 1908. 1909. [ 1907. 1910. 1911. Typhoid fever Measles Scarlet fever Whooping-cough Influenza Tuberculosis of the lungs .. Other forms of tuberculosis Cancer Diabetes.. Simple meningitis Convulsions of children under 5 years of age Apoplexy Pneumonia Gastritis and enteritis Diarrhceal diseases Cirrhosis of liver Appendicitis Bright's disease and acute nephritis Violence, suicide .. „ accident Other causes 53 90 101 19 25 60 307 42 223 64 612 607 244 232 674 657 87 100 130 136 104 96 55 26 26 41 47 588 212 711 104 131 131 316 458 362 102 47 66 261 62 1 13 148 141 550 181 742 123 142 107 389 448 457 164 38 98 256 67 41 9 17 63 536 202 809 129 138 109 0-58 1-10 0-27 3-34 2-43 6-66 2-65 7-33 0-95 141 1-13 0-95 0-57 0-20 0-27 0-63 0-27 0-44 042 0-68 048 642 6-05 245 2-18 6-95 7-32 1-06 1-07 144 1-35 1-02 1-35 0-62 0-01 0-13 1-49 142 5-54 1-82 7-47 1-24 1-43 1-08 0-66 0-40 0-09 0-17 0-62 5-28 1-99 7-97 1-27 1-36 1-07 330 341 572 453 518 478 314 198 42 52 86 81 268 263 352 522 374 94 44 103 277 3-59 6-22 5-64 3-42 0-46 0-93 2-92 3-61 3-25 4-80 4-71 5-06 ! 3-73 2-20 1-05 0-55 048 0-86 0-68 2-78 2-69 3-92 4-51 4-60 1-65 0-38 0-99 2-58 3-47-5-14 3-69 0-93 0-43 1-01 2-73 102 103 611 j 570 4,663 '4,401 118 660 4,497 100 567 4,912 124 590 4,934 1-11 6-65 1-09 1-21 6-03 I 6-79 1-01 5-71 1-22 5-81 .. < Totals 10,066 9,043 8,959 9,639 9,534 109-52 95-69 92-19 97-09 93-94