DEATHS IN TUE SOCIETY S GARDENS. 



Table IV. 

 Mammials. 



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Year 



Total number of mammals .... 



1912. 1913. 1914. 



1391 1272 1261 



1915. 



1013 



Tuberculosis 



Mycosis 



Pneumonia 



Bronchitis 



Broncho-pneumonia 

 Congestion of lungs 



Gastro-enteritis 



Enteritis 



Nephritis 



6 

 10 

 48 

 10 

 34 

 13 

 11 

 25 

 40 



Total number of birds 



Birds. 



3526 



8518 



3610 



3240 



Tuberculosis 



Mycosis 



Pneumonia 



Congestion of lungs 



Enteritis 



Nephritis 



60 

 32 



70 

 130 

 150 



81 



Total number of reptiles 



Reptiles. 



1166 



1169 



1045 



603 



Tuberculosis ........ 



Mycosis 



Pneumonia 



Congestion of lungs 

 Enteritis 



11 



2 



124 



22 



25 



1 



138 



13 



15 



10 

 69 

 19 

 17 



2 



6 



34 



11 



8 



Notes on the foregoing Tables. 



1. The total incidence of microbic and parasitic diseases in 

 the Gardens for 1915 is 7'8 per cent, for mammals, 5'3 per cent, 

 for birds, and 7*8 per cent, for reptiles. Practically this per- 

 centage is caused by the deaths of animals which had not been 

 six months in the Gardens; if these be excluded, the percentage 

 is under 1 per cent, for mammals and birds, and just over 1 per 

 cent, for reptiles. 



2. The deaths from tuberculosis have never been so few since 

 accurate records have been kept as during this year. The 

 percentage of animals dying from tubercle is "5 for mammals, 

 1"8 for birds, and '3 for reptiles. Three ungulates died from 

 tubercle of human type, probably caused by spitting, which is 

 one of the vices of visitors to the Gardens. A Cercopitheque 



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