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Table 2. — Percentage distrihtition hy age and sex groups — Continued. 





20 to 24 

 years. 



25 to 29 

 years. 



30 to 89 

 years. 



40 to 49 

 years. 



50 to 59 

 years. 



60 to 69 

 years. 



70 years 

 and over. 



Males _ _ — 



3.97 

 •5.39 



4.73 

 4.78 



6.68 

 6.41 



4.11 

 3.69 



2.77 

 2.44 



1.96 

 2.14 



1 

 1.75 

 1.48 



Females __ 



Total . 



9.36 



9.51 



13.09 



7.80 



5.21 



4.10 



3.23 







Number. 



Per cent. 



Under 5 years „ _ 













1,001 

 647 

 1,047 

 1,069 

 741 

 442 

 295 

 232 

 183 



17.69 

 11.43 

 18.50 

 18.89 

 13.09 

 7.81 

 5. 21 

 4.10 

 3.23 



From 5 to 9 years _ _. __ „ 



From 10 to 19 years- _ _ „ __ 



From 20 to 29 years _ _.___. 



From 30 to 39 years _ _ _ _ 



From 40 to 49 years .. _ _ 



From 50 to 59 years _. _ _ _ 



From 60 to 69 years 



From 70 years up _ 

















1 



The register of births and deaths kept by the municipality is the only 

 available source of data on these points. The register of deaths is believed 

 to be complete, and as accurate as circumstances permit. A death certifi- 

 cate is required as a necessary preliminary to interment. With the ex- 

 ception of the most important fact in connection with a death, its cause, 

 the required data are within the ability of a layman to ascertain. Previous 

 to August, 1907, there was no physician in the to^vn of Taytay, and it is 

 in consonance with this fact that during the early months of that year 

 only eight causes are assigned for all the deaths which occurred, viz; 

 eclampsia, phthisis, fever, senile debility, difficult labor, cerebral conges- 

 tion, colic, and fracture. For the latter part of 1907 and for the entire 

 year of 1908, the causes of death assigned in the records are probably 

 a much nearer approximation to the truth. When it is remembered, 

 however, that in the great majority of cases in the town the physician is 

 not called except after death and then only because he is required for the 

 purpose of executing a death certificate, that the information to be 

 obtained from the family and friends of the deceased is vague and un- 

 satisfactory, and that an autopsy is practically impossible to obtain, it 

 will be seen that even the cause of death as assigned by a competent 

 physician frequently at best can be only approximately correct. 



The registered deaths are 170 for 1907, or 27.91 per thousand, and 

 277 for 1908, or 45.42 per thousand. This considerable difference 

 between the two years is largely accounted for by the absence of small- 

 pox during 1907, and its presence during 1908, when the number of 

 deaths from this disease was 76. Excluding smallpox, we find 201 

 deaths, or 33 per thousand for 1908. We feel safe therefore in stating 



