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MR. J. BAXENDELL ON CHANGES IN 



from the remaining non-preventible diseases wliicli have 

 increased in fataUty were as follows : — 



The average increase from all these diseases is i4"6 per 

 cent.^ which represents an extra loss of more than 77,000 

 lives, or more than double the number saved by the im- 

 provement in the infectious diseases. 



Among the diseases which have diminished in fatality, 

 more than 80 per cent, of the total number of deaths were 

 caused by phthisis, old age, convulsions, and pneumonia. 

 The diminution in the number of deaths from old age will 

 perhaps be regarded as an unfavourable result which is 

 hardly compensated by the diminished fatality among 

 infants and young children from convulsions. 



Tlie deaths from old age and convulsions in the ten- 

 yearly periods were : — 



10 years, 1854-63. 10 years, 1864-73. 



Old age 272,434 282,490 



Convulsions 251,330 262,170 



Phthisis. 



The disease which caused the greatest number of deaths 

 in both the ten-yearly periods was phthisis. In the first 

 ten years the number of deaths was 508,210, and in the 

 second 532,780 brt allowing for the increase of popidation 



