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The next table shows the number of deaths from each principal cause for the five years 1909-13, and the proportion per 10,000 of the population.

TYPHOID FEVER. Deaths from this cause numbered 60 in 1913, against 46 in 1912. The rate remained steady during the quinquennium, except for a drop in 1912. MEASLES. Very few deaths occur from this cause. In 1913 the number was 26, as against 15 in 1912. In 1910 only 1 death was attributed to measles. SCARLET FEVER. The rate fell during the first four years of the quinquennium, but rose slightly last year. WHOOPING-COUGH. 128 deaths were recorded in 1913, as against only 10 in 1912. The average for the last five years was 69.

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Cauee. Number of •eaths. Proportion of 10,000 of J lean Population. 1913. .1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. I!)0!>. 1910. 1911. 1912. Typhoid Measles Scarlet fever Whooping-cough Diphtheria Influenza Phthisis Other forms of tuberculosis Cancer Diabetes Exophthalmic goitre Anaemia, chlorosis Simple meningitis Apoplexy Cerebral haemorrhage Epilepsy.. Convulsions of children under five years of age Organic heart-disease Arterio -sclerosis Embolism, thrombosis Bronchi! is Broncho-pneumonia Pneumonia Gastritis. . Diarrhoea and enteritis Appendicitis and typhlitis .. Intestinal obstruction Cirrhosis of liver Simple peritonitis. . Acute nephritis Bright's disease Ursemia Cystitis Diseases and accidents of puerperal condition Congenital debility Premature birth Senility Violence—(1) Suicide „ (2) Accident, &c. Other causes .. , 55 26 26 41 64 47 588 212 711 104 24 53 131 145 161 44 131 62 67 1 41 13 9 148 17 75 62 141 63 550 536 181 202 742 809 123 120 22 26 76 56 142 138 172 141 200 207 66 54 107 I (lit 46 15 7 10 46 65 524 192 812 147 40 53 136 168 221 69 57 60 0-57 0-62 0-66 26 0-27 0-01 0-41 11 0-27 0-13 0-09 128 0-42 1-49 0-17 61 066 0-76 0-61 56 0-48 1-42 0-62 578 6-05 5-54 5-28 234 2-18 1-82 1-99 856 7-32 7-47 7-97 150 ; 1-07 1-24 1-27 19 0-25 0-22 0-26 64 0-55 0-77 0-55 127 1-35 1-43 1-36 I 173 1-49 1-73 1-39 239 1-66 2-02 2-04 54 0-45 0-67 0-53 93 1-35 1-08 1-08 0-44 0-56 0-14 0-24 0-07 0-10 0-10 1-20 0-44 057 0-63 0-52 5-04 5-41 1-85 , 2-19 7-82 8-01 1-41 ; 1-40 0-39 ' 0-18 0-51 ! 0-60 1-31 Mil 1-62 : 1-62 2-13 2-24 0-66 j 0-51 0-55 i 0-87 1,170 27 45 206 134 293 65 351 66 45 47 54 52 190 30 29 135 1,154 1,205 44 54 67 56 297 295 135 158 300 349 53 53 500 404 98 103 58 63 38 44 66 i 62 50 68 195 193 26 32 38 50 117 114 1,271 74 80 238 114 297 48 271 72 55 48 65 35 195 40 40 100 1,227 12-04 11-62 11-87 89 0-28 0-44 0-53 63 0-46 0-68 0-55 281 2-12 2-99 2-91 154 [ 1-38 1-36 1-51 336 3-01 3-02 3-44 29 0-67 0-53 0-52 344 3-61 5-04 3-98 91 0-68 0-99 1-02 63 0-46 0-58 0-62 47 0-48 0-38 0-43 61 0-56 0-67 0-61 16 0-53 0-50 0-67 230 1-95 1-97 1-90 71 0-31 0-26 0-32 31 0-30 0-38 0-49 100 1-39 1-18 1-12 1223 11-48 0-71 0-83 0-77 0-59 2-29 2-63 1-10 1-44 2-86 3-15 0-46 0-27 2-61 3-22 0-69 0-85 0-53 0-59 0-46 0-44 0-62 0-57 0 34 0-15 1-88 2-15 0-38 0-66 0-38 0-29 0-96 0-94 264 347 556 118 660 1,576 283 268 407 337 660 661 100 12! 567 590 1,640 1,652 256 398 706 124 514 1.611 301 2-72 2-85 2-64 418 3-57 4-10 3-32 809 5-72 6-65 6-51 148 1-21 1-01 1-22 639 6-79 5-71 5-81 1,642 16-22 16-52 16-28 2-46 2-82 3-83 391 6-80 7-57 1-19 1-38 4-95 5-98 15-51 15-37 Totals 8,959 9,639 9,534 9,214 10,119 92-19 97-09 93-94 88-68 94-69