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there was a decrease of 7*1 per cent, in the rate of morta- 

 lity. This decrease, however, was not equally shared by 

 the two sexes, the decline of the rate among males being 

 only 2*4 per cent., while among females it amounted to 

 126 per cent.; nor was there a decrease at all ages, but, on 

 the contrary, between the ages of 25 and 65 there was an 

 increase of 4^5 per cent. More than half the deaths from 

 phthisis occurred at ages under 35 years, and more than 

 45 per cent, between the ages of 15 and 35. 



Pneumonia. 



The deaths from pneumonia in the first ten years were 

 242,757, and in the second 228,069, the decrease in the 

 death-rate being i6"6 per cent. With males the decrease 

 was 156 per cent., and with females 188 per cent. There 

 was, however, as in the case of phthisis, an increase between 

 the ages of 25 and 65, the amount being 13*7 per cent. 

 In the first ten years the deaths under five years of age 

 were 68 "i per cent, of the deaths at all ages; but in the 

 second ten years the proportion was reduced to 60 "8 per 

 cent. 



The deaths from dropsy, asthma, enteritis, scrofula, and 

 hydrocephalus in the two ten-yearly periods were as fol- 

 lows : — 



Dropsy 



Asthma 



Enteritis 



Scrofula 



Hydrocephalus 



10 years, 

 1854-63. 



82,085 

 42,907 

 32,842 

 30,219 



73,620 



261,673 



10 years, 

 1864-73. 



63,485 

 36,173 

 29,781 

 28,223 

 73,652 



231,314 



The mean decrease in the rate of mortality from these 



