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Causes of Deaths of Children under One Year, 1909-13.
Causes of Death. A comparison of the causes of deaths in 1912 and 1913 arranged according to an abridged classification, the percentage of each group to the total deaths, and the proportion per 10.(KM) persons living is given in the following table : —
Number of Deaths from each Cause. Percentage of Total. Causes. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1012. 1-71 5-74 0-81 0-43 6-55 4-54 6-00 3-62 10-28 8-92 10-85 8-94 15-24 19-49 16-44 12-63 3-49 3-30 343 830 21-24 23-12 22-71 28-25 15-67 15-97 17-72 18-03 29-31 22-22 25-47 19-80 1913. IVhooping-cough Convulsions Bronchitis and pneumonia Diarrhoea and enteritis. . Malformations Premature birth Congenital debility Dther causes 28 101 107 80 168 157 249 343 57 58 347 407 256 281 479 391 12 89 161 244 51 337 263 378 6 87 51 71 126 157 178 214 117 8fl 398 418 254 296 279 321 5-26 4-29 9-50 12-95 538 25-211 17-91 19-42 Totals 1,634 1,760 1.484 1,409 1,653 100-00 10000 100-00 100-00 100-00
m v, t r> n. Proportion to Total Proport Number of Deaths. Doaths w^0 ion per living. Class. 1912. 1913. 1912. 191.!. 1912. 1913 Total. Total. PerCent. Per Cent. I. General diseases .. .. .. 2,202 2,511 23-90 24-81 21-19 II. Diseases of the nervous system and of the 937 1,008 10-17 9-96 9-02 organs of special sense III. Diseases of the circulatory system .. 1,580 1,557 17-15 15-39 15-21 IV. Diseases of the respiratory system .. 844 949 9-16 9-38 8-13 V. Diseases of the digestive system .. 718 836 7-79 S26 6-91 VI. Diseases of the genito-urinary system and 422 465 4-58 4-60 4-06 adnexa VII. Puerperal condition .< .. .. 100 100 1-09 0-99 0-96 VIII. Diseases of the skin and of the cellular 42 40 0-46 0-39 0-41 tissue IX. Diseases of the organs of locomotion .. 28 25 0-30 0-25 0-27 X. Malformations .. .. .. 130 97 1-41 0-96 1-25 XI. Infancy .. .. .. .. 740 797 8-03 7-88 ' 7-12 XII. Old Age .. .. .. .. 706 809 7-66 7-99 6-79 XIII. Violence .. .. .. .. 638 787 6-92 7-78 6-14 XIV. Ill-defined causes .. - .. .. 127 138 1-38 1-36 1-22 23-50 9-43 14-57 8-88 7-82 4-35 0-94 0-37 0-23 (J-91 7-46 7-57 7-37 1-29 Totals .. .. .. 9,214 I 10,119 100-00 100-00 88-68 9,214 10,119 100-00 100-00 88-68 94-69